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. 2019 Jul 15;11(7):3919–3931.

Table 1.

Certain cathelicidin subfamily of antimicrobial peptides containing a highly conserved region (cathelin domain)

Cathelicidin Sequence Secondary Structure Length (Amino acids) Organism PDB ID
Fowlicidin-1 RVKRVWPLVI RTVIAGYNLY RAIKKK 50% helical (2 helices, 13 residues) 26 Chicken 2AMN
Fowlicidin-2 LVQRGRFGRF LRKIRRFRPK VTITIQGSAR F 41% helical (2 helices, 13 residues) 31 N/A 2GDL
Fowlicidin 3 KRFWPLVPVA INTVAAGINL YKAIRRK 33% helical (1 helices, 9 residues) 27 Gallus gallus 2HFR
LL-37 (hCLD) GSHMQVLSYK EAVLRAIDGI NQRSSDANLY RLLDLDPRPT MDGDPDTPKP 16% helical (2 helices, 18 residues) 107 Homo sapiens 4EYC
VSFTVKETVC PRTTQQSPED CDFKKDGLVK RCMGTVTLNQ ARGSFDISCD 34% beta sheet (7 strands/bridges, 37 residues)
KDNKRFA
BMAP-27 GRFKRFRKKF KKLFKKLSPV IPLLHLX 70% helical (2 helices, 19 residues) 27 Bos taurus 2KET
Protegrin-3 RGGGLCYCRR RFCVCVGR 61% beta sheet (2 strands, 11 residues) 18 Sus scrofa 2MZ6
Protegrin PG-5 RGGRLCYCRP RFCVCVGR 55% beta sheet (2 strands, 10 residues) 18 Sus scrofa 2NC7

Date were collected and referred from RCSB PDB (Research Collaborative for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank) (Website: https://www.rcsb.org).