Figure 5.
Secondary structure and helical wheel projection of human cathelicidin LL-37. The structure and projection were, respectively, obtained from PDB [77] (ID: 2k6o) and HeliQuest [109]. The residues were colored according to their hydrophobicity with ~40% hydrophobic and 60% polar amino acids in an appreciable amphipathic arrangement. Hydrophobic (yellow and green), polar charged [red (−) and blue (+)], polar uncharged (light to dark purple), and glycine (grey).