Magainin 2
Magainin 2
This is a default text for your page Magainin 2. Click above on edit this page to modify. Be careful with the < and > signs. You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia [1] or to the article describing Jmol [2] to the rescue. IntroductionMagainin are a class of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) found in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. AMPs consists of 10-50 amino acids, and are produced by Eukaryotes, as part of their defence mechanism from bacteria. For informatoin about AMP you can visit the Proteopedia page Antimicrobial peptides They were discovered by Dr. Michael Zasloff and first reported in 1987. Magainin and Magainin 2Magainin and Magainin 2 were discovered together, and posses very similar sequences, of 23 Amino Acid long. Magainin: Gly-Ile-Gly-Lys-Phe-Leu-His-Ser-Ala-Gly-Lys-Phe-Gly-Lys-Ala-Phe-Val-Gly-Glu-Ile-Met-Lys-Ser magainin 2: Gly-Ile-Gly-Lys-Phe-Leu-His-Ser-Ala-Lys-Lys-Phe-Gly-Lys-Ala-Phe-Val-Gly-Glu-Ile-Met-Asn-Ser When the only difference is the 22th amino acid, Lys for Magainin and Asn for Magainin 2 Here we will debate abot Magainin 2 properties. Structural highlightsMagainin 2, As typical to all AMPs, Is rich with <cationic residues and Hydrophobic residuesHydrophobic residues. This is a sample scene created with SAT to color by Group, and another to make a transparent representation of the protein. You can make your own scenes on SAT starting from scratch or loading and editing one of these sample scenes.
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