Functional structure and antimicrobial activity of persulcatusin, an antimicrobial peptide from the hard tick Ixodes persulcatus

Table 2 Amino acid sequences and properties of tick AMPs, mammal AMP

Tick species	Product name	Amino acid sequence	Similarity to IP (%)	Net charge	Hydrophobic (%)
Ixodes persulcatus	IP	[13] GFGCPFNQGACHRHCRSIGRRGGYCAGLFKQTCTCYSR	―	+6	39.47
Ixodes ricinus	IR	[29] GGYYCPFFQDKCHRHCRSFGRKAGYCGGFLKKTCICV	71	+5	45.95
Haemaphysalis longicornis	HAE	[30] GCPLNQGACHNHCRSIGRRGGYCAGIIKQTCTCYRK	88	+6	38.89
Ornithodoros moubata	OMBAC	[11] GFGCPFNQYECHAHCSGVPGYKGGYCKGLFKQTCNCY	75	+2	43.24
Ornithodoros moubata	(No use)	[17] GYGCPFNQYQCHSHCSGIRGYKGGYCKGTFKQTCKCY	72	+5	37.84
(Mammal AMP)	BMAP28	[31] GGLRSLGKKILRAWKKYGPIIVPIIRI		+7	48.15

Amino acid sequence was cited in each reference [11, 13, 17, 29–31]. Net charge: calculated value by charged amino acid (Lys + Arg-Asp-Glu). Hydrophobic(%): hydrophobic proportion in amino acid sequence composition by Protein/Peptide Property Calculator (http://lifetein.com/peptide-analysis-tool.html)

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