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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-11
pubmed:abstractText
Two groups of antimicrobial peptides have been isolated from skin secretions of Bombina maxima. Peptides in the first group, named maximins 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, are structurally related to bombinin-like peptides (BLPs). Unlike BLPs, sequence variations in maximins occurred all through the molecules. In addition to the potent antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity against tumor cells and spermicidal action of maximins, maximin 3 possessed a significant anti-HIV activity. Maximins 1 and 3 were toxic to mice with LD(50) values of 8.2 and 4.3 mg/kg, respectively. Peptides in the second group, termed maximins H1, H2, H3 and H4, are homologous with bombinin H peptides. cDNA sequences revealed that one maximin peptide plus one maximin H peptide derived from a common larger protein.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0196-9781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
427-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Anti-Infective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Anura, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-China, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Microbial Sensitivity Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Spermatozoa, pubmed-meshheading:11835991-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Antimicrobial peptides from skin secretions of Chinese red belly toad Bombina maxima.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Animal Toxinology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, People's Republic of, Yunnan, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't