Other Names: alpha-F13
This tridecapeptide represents the mature α-factor, the mating pheromone in Candida albicans, the most common fungal pathogen in humans responsible for a wide variety of mucosal and systemic infection. The ability of this organism to undergo sexual mating was discovered recently. SP1 peptide is more active than the 14-amino-acid SP2. This peptide is also known as alpha-F13. Panwar, S; et al., Eukaryot. Cell., 2, 1350, (2003); Janiak, A; et al., Fungal Genet. Biol., 42, 328, (2005).
M.W.: 1504.68
