s-Water Bear Octapeptide-1 is a single chain peptide containing 8 amino acids. It is synthetically produced based on a sequence from Damage Suppressor Protein which is found in the water bear, Ramazzottius varieornatus. The parent protein contains a maximum of 445 amino acids which may contain disulfide bonds and/or glycosylation, and consists of the proper sequence of the 20 standard amino acids.