Lamy M, Pastureaud M H, Novak F, Ducombs G, Vincendeau P, Maleville J, Texier L
Toxicon. 1986;24(4):347-56. doi: 10.1016/0041-0101(86)90194-7.
Hairs of the Thaumetopoea pityocampa caterpillar (Lepidoptera) cause a cutaneous reaction in man and animals. The irritating fraction extracted from hairs contains soluble proteins which were separated by various electrophoretic and immunoelectrophoretic techniques. Some of these proteins are present also in cuticle and haemolymph. One protein of 28,000 mol. wt is hair specific and caused a reaction in pig skin identical to that produced by hair extract. It is therefore an urticating protein which we have named thaumetopoein. This protein is formed of two subunits of molecular weights 13,000 and 15,000. It is present in large quantities in the glands producing urticating hairs.
舞毒蛾毛虫（鳞翅目）的毛发会引起人和动物的皮肤反应。从毛发中提取的刺激性成分含有可溶性蛋白质，这些蛋白质通过各种电泳和免疫电泳技术进行了分离。其中一些蛋白质也存在于表皮和血淋巴中。一种分子量为28,000的蛋白质是毛发特有的，它在猪皮肤上引起的反应与毛发提取物产生的反应相同。因此，它是一种引起瘙痒的蛋白质，我们将其命名为舞毒蛾毒素。这种蛋白质由分子量为13,000和15,000的两个亚基组成。它大量存在于产生致痒毛发的腺体中。
