Anionic |
Negatively charged |
Maximin, Dermicidin |
Amphibians, humans |
Airway epithelia |
[1, 21] |
Linear |
Cationic, α-helical |
Cecropin, magainin pluerocidin |
Amphibians, mammals, insects |
skin |
[1, 12, 13, 59] |
Linear, Cationic, enriched |
Cationic, enriched in amino acids, extended |
Abaecin, Indolicidin, histatins |
Insects, mammals |
Skin, intestinal epithelium |
[1, 31, 63] |
Peptide fragments |
Cationic, β-turn |
Lactoferrin, cathelicidins |
humans |
blood |
[1, 25, 26] |
Charged peptides with cysteine |
Cationic, anionic, forms disulfide bonds, possess cysteine |
α-, β-, and θ-defensins, protegrin |
Birds, reptiles, mammals, plants |
ubiquitous |
[6, 90, 228] |