Medical Definition of Coleoptericin
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Inducible antibacterial peptide found in the haemolymph of a tenebrionid beetle following the injection of heat killed bacteria.
Peptide A (glycine rich, 74 residues) is active against gram-negative bacteria, Peptides B AMP, C are isoforms of a 43 residue cysteine rich peptide that has sequence homology with defensins and is active against gram-positive bacteria.
See: diptericins, cecropins, apidaecins, abaecins.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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