Original title: Anovel defensin from the mucus of the wood wasp Xiphydria camelus
Authors: Monincová, Lenka ; Fučík, Vladimír ; Voburka, Zdeněk ; Cvačka, Josef ; Čeřovský, Václav ; Šrůtka, P.
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Biologically Active Peptides /12./, Praha (CZ), 2011-04-27 / 2011-04-29
Year: 2011
Language: eng
Abstract: We have isolated a novel defensin from the mucus of the wood wasp Xiphydria camelus. The Edman degradation in 50 cycles revealed a peptide sequence similar to other insect defensins. The complete 55 amino acid residues sequence of X. camelus defensin was proposed based on the mass spectrometry analysis and by the deduction based on the comparison with the sequences of other hymenopteran defensins. The defensin was tested against both Gram-positive and -negative bacteria.
Keywords: antimicrobial activity; insect defensin; mass spectrometry; sequencing; Xiphydria camelus
Project no.: CEZ:AV0Z40550506 (CEP), GA203/08/0536 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR
Host item entry: Biologically Active Peptides. 12th Conference, ISBN 978-80-86241-44-9

Institution: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0204341

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