Anoplin, a novel antimicrobial peptide from the venom of the solitary wasp Anoplius samariensis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1550, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-80

  Konno, Katsuhiro ^a,b   Hisada, Miki ^c   Fontana, Renato ^a,b   Lorenzi, Carla C B ^a,b   Naoki, Hideo ^c   Itagaki, Yasuhiro ^d   Miwa, Akiko ^e   Kawai, Nobufumi ^f   Nakata, Yoshihiro ^g   Yasuhara, Tadashi ^h   Ruggiero Neto, João ^a,b   De Azevedo Jr , Walter F ^a,b   Palma, Mario S ^a,b   Nakajima, Terumi ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b CEPID/FAPESP   (Brazil)

^c SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphipathic helical structure; Anoplin; Antimicrobial peptide; Solitary wasp venom

Indexed keywords

ANOPLIN; CRABROLIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLYCYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLARGINYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLTHREONYLLEUCYLLEUCINE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATING PEPTIDE; MASTOPARAN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASP VENOM;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PURIFICATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INFECTION; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL DEGRANULATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FEMALE; MAST CELLS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

ANOPLIUS; MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0035956261     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(01)00271-0     Document Type: Article

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