Tachystatin

Tachystatins are antimicrobial chitin-binding peptides from Japanese horseshoe crab. Amino acid residues Tyr(14) and Arg(17) in Tachystatin B are thought to be the essential residues for chitin binding.^[2] These small proteins contain a cysteine-stabilised triple-stranded beta-sheet with an inhibitor cystine knot motif and show features common to membrane-interactive peptides. Tachystatin A is thought to have an antimicrobial activity similar to defensins.^[1]

SymbolTachystatin_A

PfamPF11406

InterProIPR022717

OPM superfamily112

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Tachystatin_A
Three-dimensional structure of antimicrobial peptide tachystatin A. PDB entry 1cix[1]
Identifiers
Symbol	Tachystatin_A
Pfam	PF11406
InterPro	IPR022717
OPM superfamily	112
OPM protein	2dcv
Available protein structures: PDB   IPR022717 PF11406 (ECOD; PDBsum)   AlphaFold IPR022717 PF11406

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