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• Glycine- and proline-containing peptides include coleoptericin and holotricin from beetles28. | • Glycine- and proline-containing peptides include coleoptericin and holotricin from beetles28. | ||
• Tryptophan-containing peptides include <scene name='67/676980/Indolicidine/1'>indolicidin</scene> from cattle. Indolicidn consists of 13 amino acids include <scene name='67/676980/Indolicidine/2'> tryptophan</scene>, and <scene name='67/676980/Indolicidine/3'>proline residues</scene>. | • Tryptophan-containing peptides include <scene name='67/676980/Indolicidine/1'>indolicidin</scene> from cattle. Indolicidn is consists of 13 amino acids include <scene name='67/676980/Indolicidine/2'> tryptophan</scene>, and <scene name='67/676980/Indolicidine/3'>proline residues</scene>. | ||
• Small histidine-rich salivary polypeptides, including the histatins from man and some higher primates116. | • Small histidine-rich salivary polypeptides, including the histatins from man and some higher primates116. | ||
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• Peptides with 1 disulphide bond include brevinins. | • Peptides with 1 disulphide bond include brevinins. | ||
• Peptides with 2 disulphide bonds include | • Peptides with 2 disulphide bonds include <scene name='67/676980/Protegrine/1'>protegrine</scene> from pigs and tachyplesins from horseshoe crabs. | ||
<scene name='67/676980/Protegrine/1'>Protegrine</scene> is from porcine leukocytes (which comprises 16 amino acid residues, including | |||
four cysteines that are linked by two intramolecular disulphide bonds). | four cysteines that are linked by two intramolecular disulphide bonds). | ||
