Table 1.

Physiochemical properties and predicted secondary structures of six avian peptides used in this study.

Peptide name	Amino acid sequence	Length	Net charge	Mw (Da)	pI	Hydrophobicity (H)	Hydrophobic moment (µM)
CATH-1(6–26)	WPLVIRTVIAGYNLYRAIKKK-NH2	21	5	2503	11.02	0.544	0.28
CATH-2(1–15)	RFGRFLRKIRRFRPK	15	8	2033	12.81	0.103	0.585
ABD1	GRKSDCFRKSGFCAFLKCPSLTLISGKCSRFYLCCKRIW	39	8	4510	10	0.547	0.181
ABD2	RDMLFCKGGSCHFGGCPSHLIKVGSCFGFRSCCKWPWNA	39	4	4324	8.38	0.616	0.047
ABD6	SPIHACRYQRGVCIPGPCRWPYYRVGSCGSGLKSCCVRNRWA	42	7	4744	9.43	0.504	0.117
ABD9	DTLACRQSHGSCSFVACRAPSVDIGTCRGGKLKCCKWAPSS	41	4	4288	8.42	0.396	0.094

α-helical structures, random-coil, and extended-strand are indicated as letters h, c, and e, respectively.