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.