The structure of a novel insect peptide explains its Ca2+ channel blocking and antifungal activities

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 48, 2007, Pages 13733-13741

  Kouno, Takahide ^a   Mizuguchi, Mineyuki ^a   Tanaka, Hiromasa ^b   Yang, Ping ^b   Mori, Yoshihiro ^a   Shinoda, Hiroyuki ^a   Unoki, Kana ^a   Aizawa, Tomoyasu ^c   Demura, Makoto ^c   Suzuki, Koichi ^b   Kawano, Keiichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL MEDULLA; CONOTOXIN GVIA; DIAPAUSE-SPECIFIC PEPTIDES; LEAF BEETLES; N TYPE;

AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

PEPTIDES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CONOTOXIN; DIAPAUSE SPECIFIC PEPTIDE; INSECT PROTEIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 36849023323     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701319t     Document Type: Article

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