Patent ID: 7504375

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide having antimicrobial activity, comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2: Lys-Xaa-Xaa-Xaa-Xaa-lle-lle-Arg-Lys-Gly-lle-Xaa-lle-lle-Lys-Lys-Tyr-Xaa; wherein Xaa at position 2 is Asn, Phe, lle, Trp, Met, Ser, Ala, Thr, Tyr, Val, His, Leu, Cys, Lys, or Gly; Xaa at position 3 is Leu, lle, Phe, or Trp; Xaa at position 4 is Arg, lle, Phe, Leu, Tyr, Val, Ala, Thr, Cys, His, Gly, Gln, or Pro; Xaa at position 5 is Arg or Cys; Xaa at position 12 is lle, His, Lys, Cys, Ala, Ser, Asn, Leu, or Gln; and Xaa at position 18 is Gly, Phe, lle, Ser, Leu, Arg, Thr, Cys, or Val; wherein the amino acid sequence has less than 100% identity with amino acids 1 to 18 of SEQ ID NO: 1.