Identification of Antibacterial Activity of Hepcidin From Antarctic Notothenioid Fish

Hepcidin is a small peptide composed of signal peptide, propeptide, and the bioactive mature peptide from N terminal to C terminal. Mature hepcidin is an antibacterial peptide and iron regulator with eight highly conserved cysteines forming four intramolecular disulfide bonds, giving it a β sheet ha...

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Main Authors: Mingli Liu, Ruiqin Hu, Wenhao Li, Wenyi Yang, Qianghua Xu, Liangbiao Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.834477/full