Decoralin, a novel linear cationic α-helical peptide from the venom of the solitary eumenine wasp Oreumenes decoratus

Peptides

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2320-2327

  Konno, Katsuhiro ^a   Rangel, Marisa ^a   Oliveira, Joacir Stolarz ^a   dos Santos Cabrera, Marcia Perez ^b   Fontana, Renato ^c   Hirata, Izaura Yoshico ^d   Hide, Izumi ^e   Nakata, Yoshihiro ^e   Mori, Kanami ^f   Kawano, Marii ^g   Fuchino, Hiroyuki ^h   Sekita, Setsuko ^f   Neto, João Ruggiero ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JOSAI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphipathic helix structure; Antimicrobial and leishmanicidal activity; Cationic linear helical peptide; Decoralin; Solitary wasp venom

Indexed keywords

DECORALIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; SPECTROSCOPY; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; CELL DEGRANULATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MAST CELLS; MICE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

MEGASCOLIA FLAVIFRONS;

EID: 36148995468     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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