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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
Centipede venoms are complex mixtures of biochemically and pharmacologically active components such as peptides and proteins. Very few are known about their pharmacological actions. The present work reports the structural and functional characterization of two antimicrobial peptides (scolopin 1 and -2) identified from centipede venoms of Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans by Sephadex gel filtration and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). The amino acid sequences of scolopin 1 and -2 were FLPKMSTKLRVPYRRGTKDYH and GILKKFMLHRGTKVYKMRTLSKRSH determined by Edman degradation and matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Both scolopin 1 and -2 showed strong antimicrobial activities against tested microorganisms including Gram-positive/negative bacteria and fungi. They also showed moderate hemolytic activity against both human and rabbit red cells. This is the first report of antimicrobial peptides from centipedes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1879-3150
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
274-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Anti-Infective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Arthropod Venoms, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Arthropods, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Hemolysis, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Histamine Release, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Microbial Sensitivity Tests, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:19716842-Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser...
pubmed:articleTitle
Two novel antimicrobial peptides from centipede venoms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Kidney, Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't