Tags: Protein.
In molecular biology the bombinin family of antimicrobial peptides includes the bombinin and maximin proteins from Bombina maxima (Giant fire-bellied toad). Two groups of antimicrobial peptides have been isolated from skin secretions of B. maxima.Peptides in the first group named maximins 1 2 3 4 and 5 are structurally related to bombinin-like peptides (BLPs). Unlike BLPs sequence variations in maximins occurred all through the molecules.