Pseudin

Pseudin is a peptide derived from "Pseudis paradoxa".cite web |url=http://www.embl-ebi.ac.uk/interpro/DisplayIproEntry?ac=IPR013156 |title=InterPro: IPR013156 Pseudin antimicrobial peptide |accessdate=2008-03-02 |format= |work=]

Pseudins have some antimicrobial function.cite book |author= |title=Amino acids, peptides and proteins |publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry |location=Cambridge, Eng |year=2004 |pages=72 |isbn=0-85404-242-3 |oclc= |doi=] cite journal |author=Rinaldi AC |title=Antimicrobial peptides from amphibian skin: an expanding scenario |journal=Curr Opin Chem Biol |volume=6 |issue=6 |pages=799–804 |year=2002 |pmid=12470734 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1367593102004015]

There are several different forms:
* pseudin-1cite web |url=http://beta.uniprot.org/uniprot/P83188 |title=Pseudin-1 - Pseudis paradoxa (Paradoxical frog) |accessdate=2008-03-02 |format= |work=]
* pseudin-2 -- has been proposed as a treatment for type 2 diabetes.cite journal |author=Abdel-Wahab YH, Power GJ, Ng MT, Flatt PR, Conlon JM |title=Insulin-releasing properties of the frog skin peptide pseudin-2 and its [Lys(18)] -substituted analogue |journal=Biol. Chem. |volume=389 |issue=2 |pages=143–8 |year=2008 |pmid=18163889 |doi=10.1515/BC.2008.018 |url=http://www.extenza-eps.com/doi/abs/10.1515/BC.2008.018] cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3471372.ece |title=Jungle frog’s anti-infection agent may help millions of diabetics - Times Online |accessdate=2008-03-02 |format= |work=]
* pseudin-4cite web |url=http://beta.uniprot.org/uniprot/P83191 |title=Pseudin-4 - Pseudis paradoxa (Paradoxical frog) |accessdate=2008-03-02 |format= |work=]

ee also

* Exenatide

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