Table 3: Acronym, sequence alignment and similarity of IV3 mimetic peptides.

Acronym

Sequence & alignment

% similarity

IV13

 

revIV13

IVQRIKDFLRNLV                   

 . .  .  : .    :    .  : .  .  .

VLNRLFDKIRQVI

 

84,6

Tat-IV13

 

Tat-revIV13

YGRKKRRQRRRIVQRIKDFLRNLV                   

:  :  :  :  : :  : :  :  : : .  .  .  : .    :    .  : .  .  .

YGRKKRRQRRRVLNRLFDKIRQVI

 

91,7

AA residues are expressed in one letter conventional code. Sequence alignment and residues similarity were performed using FASTA [18].

Identification of Tat-IV13, a new potent host defense mimetic peptide derived from anti-microbial human FK16 cathelecidin sequence.