Patent ID: 8080390

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide having antimicrobial activity, comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2: Lys-Xaa-Leu-Arg-Arg-Ile-Ile-Arg-Xaa-Xaa-Ile-His- 5 10 Xaa-Ile-Xaa-Lys-Tyr-Xaa 15 wherein Xaa at position 2 is Asn, Phe, Ile, Trp, Met, Ser, Ala, Thr, Tyr, Val, His, Leu, Cys, Lys or Gly; Xaa at position 9 is Lys, Val, Phe, Leu, Cys, Tyr, Ile, Arg, Asn or Trp; Xaa at position 10 is Gly, Cys, Tyr, Leu, Phe, Trp or Val; Xaa at position 13 is Ile, Leu, Phe or Val; Xaa at position 15 is Lys, Ile, Ser, Leu or Arg; and Xaa at position 18 is Gly, Ile, Ser, Leu, Arg, Phe, 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.