Antimicrobial proteins and/or peptides (AMPs) are key components of innate immunity and are widespread in nature, from bacteria to vertebrate animals. In crustaceans, 15 distinct AMP families are currently recognized, although the great majority (14 families) comes from members of the order ...
Over the past years, marine invertebrates of different phyla (mollusks, crustaceans) have been found to produce a remarkable diversity of AMPs [13]. Two interesting examples are provided by (i) molluscan defensins, which belong to a broadly conserved family of antibacterial peptides present in phy...
However, in crustaceans, whether ATF4 homologs were involved in TLR signaling remains unclear. In the current study, we identified a Toll homolog PcToll2 and a novel ATF4 homolog PcATF4 from Procambarus clarkii, and analyzed the likely regulatory activity of PcATF4 in PcToll2 signaling. The ...
Although this pathway has been extensively studied in mammals, less attention has been paid in crustaceans, which have significant economic value. Here, we report the cloning and functional studies of two IKK homologs, LvIKKb and LvIKKe, from Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. LvIKKb ...
Corrigendum to "Molecular characterization of three crustin genes in the Morotoge shrimp, Pandalopsis japonica" Crustins are among the most important antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) found in decapod crustaceans. They are small cationic AMPs (5-7. kDa) characterized by ... MS Kim,JM Jeon,CW Oh...
Although no AMP has yet been isolated from the cuticle waste obtained during the ecdysis process of an arthropod, antimicrobial activity in the cuticle of crustaceans and insects has been previously reported7,8. On the other hand, in Eastern medicine, the body extract powder of a centipede,Scolo...
(98,99). Chitosan is a deacetylated derivative of chitin, a cellulose-like molecule that is the second most abundant natural polymer widely distributed in living organisms, such as crustaceans, insects, and fungi. Due to its nontoxic nature, antibacterial and antioxidative activity, film-forming ...
monodon and LGBP of Fenneropenaeus chinensis and has an identity of between 63 and 86% with other crustaceans. Northern blot analysis revealed that LGBP was constitutively expressed mainly in hepatopancreas. The results of in situ ... YC Wang 被引量: 2发表: 2007年 Shrimp arginine kinase being...
Endogenous antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionarily ancient factors of innate immunity of multicellular organisms, and play a key role in their protection against infection1,2. AMPs were commonly considered to be a primitive mechanism of immunity and have been extensively studied in insects and...
The peptides of the invention are not limited to products of any of the specific exemplary processes listed herein. H1 is a native protein in humans and other eukaryotes. Histone H1 is known to be associated with DNA superstructure. Most of the antibiotics that are currently used in humans ...