Landon C, Sodano P, Hetru C, Hoffmann J, Ptak M
Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire (UPR 4301 CNRS), Orléans, France.
Protein Sci. 1997 Sep;6(9):1878-84. doi: 10.1002/pro.5560060908.
Drosomycin is the first antifungal protein characterized recently among the broad family of inducible peptides and proteins produced by insects to respond to bacterial or septic injuries. It is a small protein of 44 amino acid residues extracted from Drosophila melanogaster that exhibits a potent activity against filamentous fungi. Its three-dimensional structure in aqueous solution was determined using 1H 2D NMR. This structure, involving an alpha-helix and a twisted three-stranded beta-sheet, is stabilized by three disulfide bridges. The corresponding Cysteine Stabilized alpha beta (CS alpha beta) motif, which was found in other defense proteins such as the antibacterial insect defensin A, short- and long-chain scorpion toxins, as well as in plant thionins and potent antifungal plant defensins, appears as remarkably persistent along evolution.
果蝇霉素是昆虫产生的用于应对细菌或脓毒症损伤的可诱导肽和蛋白质这一广泛家族中最近鉴定出的首个抗真菌蛋白。它是一种从黑腹果蝇中提取的由44个氨基酸残基组成的小蛋白,对丝状真菌具有强大活性。利用1H 2D NMR确定了其在水溶液中的三维结构。该结构包含一个α螺旋和一个扭曲的三链β折叠片层,由三个二硫键稳定。相应的半胱氨酸稳定化αβ(CSαβ)基序,在其他防御蛋白如抗菌昆虫防御素A、短链和长链蝎毒素以及植物硫素和强效抗真菌植物防御素中也有发现,在进化过程中表现出显著的持久性。