Am. Bradford et al., PEPTIDES FROM AUSTRALIAN FROGS - THE STRUCTURES OF THE DYNASTINS FROMLIMNODYNASTES-SALMINI AND FLETCHERIN FROM LIMNODYNASTES-FLETCHERI, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 46(8), 1993, pp. 1235-1244
The dermal glandular extracts of the Australian frog Limnodynastes sal
mini contain a number of peptides of the dynastin family. The related
species Limnodynastes fletcheri contains only one peptide in its gland
ular extract; this compound, which we have named fletcherin, is unusua
l amongst amphibian peptides in that the N-terminal group corresponds
to Ala. The primary structures of the dynastins and fletcherin are des
cribed.