Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide

UniProtKB accession:  Q1KLY3

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UniProtKB description:  Antimicrobial protein that is an integral component of the innate immune system (By similarity). Binds to bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) (By similarity). Acts via neutrophil N-formyl peptide receptors to enhance the release of CXCL2 (By similarity). Postsecretory processing generates multiple cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides with various lengths which act as a topical antimicrobial defense in sweat on skin (By similarity). The unprocessed precursor form, cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide, inhibits the growth of Gram-negative E.coli and E.aerogenes with efficiencies comparable to that of the mature peptide LL-37 (in vitro) (By similarity).