Lee S Y, Moon H J, Kawabata S, Kurata S, Natori S, Lee B L
College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Kum Jeon Ku, Pusan, Korea.
Biol Pharm Bull. 1995 Mar;18(3):457-9. doi: 10.1248/bpb.18.457.
We purified and characterized a sapecin homologue, named holotricin 1, from the hemolymph of immunized larvae of a coleopteran insect, Holotrichia diomphalia. We determined its complete amino acid sequence and three disulfide pairs. Holotricin 1 consisted of 43 amino acid residues and showed potent antibacterial activity against gram-positive bacteria, but antibacterial activity against gram-negative bacteria was not obvious.