Salivary Protein Card


Accession: Sp001601    Lucifensin   [Lucilia cupri]

Basic info
Organism Lucilia cupri
Taxonomy
Protein Description Lucifensin
Mass Weight 4136.771
Isoelectric Point 8.963
Annotation
Function Shows strong antibacterial activity against the Gram-positive bacterium M.luteus (PubMed:23802451). Also shows antibacterial activity against the Gram-positive bacteria E.fecalis, S.aureus, S.carnosus, S.pneumoniae and S.pyogenes and against a number of methicillin-resistant S.aureus and glycopeptide-intermediate S.aureus isolates (By similarity). Does not show antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria or antifungal activity against C.utilis (By similarity). Shows slight antifungal activity against C.albicans (By similarity).
Pfam
PF01097 Defensin_2
Features
Feature key Position Length
Chain 1-40 40
Cross-Reference
UniProt B3EWY5
Sequence
ATCDLLSGTGIKHSACAAHCLLRGNRGGYCNGRAICVCRN

3D Structure
Not available now!
Publication
1. El Shazely B, Veverka V, Fuck V, Voburka Z, Zdrek J, Cerovsk? V.;
Lucifensin II, a defensin of medicil maggots of the blowfly Lucilia cupri (Diptera: Calliphoridae).;
J Med Entomol. 2013 May;50(3):571-8. 23802451