Lasiocepsin, a novel cyclic antimicrobial peptide from the venom of eusocial bee Lasioglossum laticeps (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 751-761

  Monincová, Lenka ^a   Slaninová, Jirina ^a   Fucík, Vladimr ^a   Hovorka, Oldrich ^a   Voburka, Zdenek ^a   Bednárová, Lucie ^a   Malon, Peter ^a   Štokrová, Jitka ^a   Čerovský, Václav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Analogs; Antimicrobial peptides; CD spectroscopy; Disulfide bridge; Peptide synthesis; Wild bee venom

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; LASIOCEPSIN; LASIOCEPSIN DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BEE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASIOGLOSSUM LATICEPS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BEE VENOMS; BEES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYSTINE; ERYTHROCYTES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

APOIDEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; HALICTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LASIOGLOSSUM LATICEPS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84864775015     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1125-6     Document Type: Article

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