Lambert J, Keppi E, Dimarcq J L, Wicker C, Reichhart J M, Dunbar B, Lepage P, Van Dorsselaer A, Hoffmann J, Fothergill J
Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Biologie Générale, Strasbourg, France.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Jan;86(1):262-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.86.1.262.
We have isolated from the hemolymph of immunized larvae of the dipteran insect Phormia terranovae two peptides that are selectively active against Gram-positive bacteria. They are positively charged peptides of 40 residues containing three intramolecular disulfide bridges and differ from one another by only a single amino acid. These peptides are neither functionally nor structurally related to any known insect immune response peptides but show significant homology to microbicidal cationic peptides from mammalian granulocytes (defensins). We propose the name "insect defensins" for these insect antibiotic peptides.
我们从双翅目昆虫新大陆绿蝇免疫幼虫的血淋巴中分离出两种对革兰氏阳性菌具有选择性活性的肽。它们是由40个氨基酸残基组成的带正电荷的肽,含有三个分子内二硫键,彼此之间仅相差一个氨基酸。这些肽在功能和结构上与任何已知的昆虫免疫反应肽均无关联,但与哺乳动物粒细胞的杀菌阳离子肽(防御素)具有显著的同源性。我们为这些昆虫抗菌肽提议命名为“昆虫防御素”。