Alyteserin-2Mb - Antimicrobial Peptides - AMP

Synthetic anti-microbial peptide originally identified and isolated form the skin secretions of the midwife toad,-Alytes maurus. Alyteserin-2Mb has 82% homology to alyteserin-2, from the closely related midwife toad-Alytes obstetricans. Alyteserin-2Mb has strong activity against Gram-positive-bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and weak activity against gram negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli and fungi such as Candida albicans.