Patent ID: 7829524

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide having antimicrobial activity, comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1: (SEQ ID NO: 1) Gly Xaa Xaa Xaa Arg Xaa Xaa Xaa Lys Ile Xaa Xaa 5 10 Lys Xaa Xaa Lys Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Ile Lys Xaa Xaa 15 20 Xaa Xaa Leu Val Pro; 25 wherein Xaa at position 2 is Leu or Arg; Xaa at position 3 is Leu, Val, Ile or Phe; Xaa at position 4 is Arg or Lys; Xaa at position 6 is Leu, Val, Ile or Phe; Xaa at position 7 is Arg, Lys, Trp or Gly; Xaa at position 8 is Lys, Arg, Gly, Met, Asn or Glu; Xaa at position 11 is Gly, Arg, Lys or Glu; Xaa at position 12 is Gly, Arg, Lys or Glu; Xaa at position 14 is Leu or Phe; Xaa at position 15 is Lys or Arg; Xaa at position 17 is Ile, Leu, Phe, Cys or Tyr; Xaa at position 18 is Gly, Ala or Thr; Xaa at position 19 is Gln, Arg, Leu or Pro; Xaa at position 20 is Lys, Ile, Met, Leu or Val; Xaa at position 23 is Pro, Ala, His, Asn or Asp; Xaa at position 24 is Ile or Leu; Xaa at position 25 is Arg, His, Gln or Pro; and Xaa at position 26 is Ile or Lys; wherein each amino acid is independently the D or L form.