Description: Indolicidin is comprised of 13 amino acids, 5 of which are tryptophan residues, and the carboxylterminal arginine is carboxamidated. Indolicidin has the highest tryptophan content of any known protein.
CAS Number: 140896-21-5
Formula: C100H132N26O13
Molecular Weight: 1906,28
References: Selsted ME, et al. Indolicidin, a novel bactericidal tridecapeptide amide from neutrophils. J Biol Chem. 1992 Mar 5;267(7):4292-5.