Lee S R, Kurata S, Natori S
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
FEBS Lett. 1995 Jul 24;368(3):485-7. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00717-n.
A cDNA clone for sapecin B, an antibacterial protein of Sarcophaga, was isolated. This cDNA encoded a precursor protein of sapecin B consisting of a signal sequence (24 residues), prosegment (30 residues) and mature sapecin B (34 residues). Sapecin B was synthesized almost exclusively in the fat body when the larval body wall was injured, but the brain of naive larvae was also demonstrated to contain a significant amount of sapecin B. These findings suggested that sapecin B is a bifunctional protein.
