Table 1.
The gene name, amino acid sequences, and length of avian cathelicidins.
| Source | Gene name | Peptide name | AA sequence | Mature peptide length | GenBank no. | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken (Gallus gallus) | CATH1 | Cathelicidin1/fowlicidin-1 | RVKRVWPLVIRTVIAGYNLYRAIKKK | 26 | HQ640431 |
Lynn et al., 2004; Xiao et al., 2006 |
| CMAP27/CATH2 | Cathelicidin2/fowlicidin-2 | LVQRGRFGRFLRKIRRFRPKVTITIQGSARFG | 32 | HQ640432 | Van Dijk et al., 2005; Xiao et al., 2006 | |
| CATH3 | Cathelicidin3/fowlicidin-3 | RVKRFWPLVPVAINTVAAGINLYKAIRRK | 29 | HQ640433 |
Bommineni et al., 2007; Veldhuizen et al., 2013 |
|
| CATHB1 | Cathelicidin-B1 | PIRNWWIRIWEWLNGIRKRVRQRSPFYVRGHLNVTSTPQP | 40 | AB915170 | Goitsuka et al., 2007 | |
| Quail (Coturnix coturnix) | Cc-CATH1 | Cathelicidin | RVKRVLPLVIRTVIAGYNLYRAIKRK | 26 | GU232858 | Feng et al., 2011 |
| Cc-CATH2 | Cathelicidin CATH2 | LVQRGRFGRFLKKVRRFIPKVIIAAQIGSRFG | 32 | GU171373 | ||
| Cc-CATH3 | Cathelicidin CATH3 | RVRRFWPLVPVAINTVAAGINLYKAIRRK | 29 | GU171374 | ||
| Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | Pc-CATH1 | Cathelicidin CATH1 | RIKRFWPLVPVAINTVAAGINLYKAIKRK | 29 | GU143407 | Wang et al., 2011 |
| Pc-CATH2 | cathelicidins | LVQRGRFGRFLSKIRRFRPKFTITIQGSGRFG | 32 | GU143408 | ||
| Pc-CATH3 | Cathelicidin CATH3 | RIKRFWPVVIRTVVAGYNLYRAIKKK | 26 | GU171372 | ||
| Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) | dCATH | Cathelicidin | KRFWQLVPLAIKIYRAWKRR | 20 | KT230679 | Gao et al., 2015 |
| Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) | CATH2 | Cathelicidin-2 | LVQRGRFGRFLSKFRRFRPRVTITIQGSARFG | 32 | XM003206909 | Hamad et al., 2017; Ishige et al., 2017 |
| CATH3 | Cathelicidin-3 | RVKRFWPLVPVAINTVAAGINLYKAIKRK | 29 | XM010712309 | ||
| Rock pigeon (Columba livia) | Cl-CATH2 | Cathelicidin 2 | LIQRGRFGRFLGRIRRFRPRINFDIRARGSIRLG | 34 | KP645199 | Yu et al., 2015 |
| Cl-CATH3 | Cathelicidin 3 | RVKRFWPLVPVAINTVAAGINLYKAIKRK | 29 | KP645200 | ||
| Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) | Cj-CATH1 | Cathelicidin | RVKRVLPLVIRTVIAGYNLYRAIKRK | 26 | LC136907 | Ishige et al., 2017 |
| Cj-CATH2 | Cathelicidin CATH2 | LVQRGRFGRFLKKVRRFIPKVIIAAQIGSRFG | 32 | LC136907 | ||
| Cj-CATH3 | Cathelicidin CATH3 | RVKRFWPLVPVAINTVAAGINLYKAIRRK | 29 | LC136907 | ||
| Cj-CATB1 | Cathelicidin-B1 precursor | PIRNWWTRIREWWDGIRRRLRQRSPFHVRGRLNISSTAQP | 40 | LC136907 |
Abbreviation: AA, amino acid.