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  • Title: Isolation and characterization of a new member of the insect defensin family from a beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma.
    Author: Miyanoshita A, Hara S, Sugiyama M, Asaoka A, Taniai K, Yukuhiro F, Yamakawa M.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1996 Mar 27; 220(3):526-31. PubMed ID: 8607799.
    Abstract:
    A new family member of insect defensin, an antibacterial peptide, has been isolated from larvae of a beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma. The peptide consisted of 43 amino acids and 6 cystein residues were conserved in the same position as that of other insect defensins. The new defensin was found to be inducible by bacterial injection. Analysis of the antibacterial spectrum of A. dichotoma defensin indicated that this peptide showed antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis but not against Gram-negative bacteria like Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, indicating a typical spectrum of the insect defensin family. In addition, A. dichotoma defensin also exhibited antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolated from a patient.
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