HBD-1 - A NOVEL BETA-DEFENSIN FROM HUMAN PLASMA

被引:468
作者
BENSCH, KW
RAIDA, M
MAGERT, HJ
SCHULZKNAPPE, P
FORSSMANN, WG
机构
[1] Niedersächsisches Institut für Peptid-Forschung, D-30625 Hannover
关键词
BETA-DEFENSIN; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; HEMOFILTRATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CDNA;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(95)00687-5
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report the isolation and characterization of a novel peptide with significant sequence homology to beta-defensins from human blood filtrate. The human beta-defensin-1 (hBD-1) is a short basic peptide of 36 amino acid residues, It contains six cysteines forming three intramolecular disulfide bonds. The molecular mass of hBD-1 is 3928.6 Da. Cloning of the specific cDNA confirmed the amino acid sequence of the native peptide, hBD-1 shares the nine conserved amino acids characteristic for beta-defensins from respiratory epithelial cells and neutrophils of cattle and chicken leukocytes. hBD-1 is present in nanomolar concentration in human plasma.
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页码:331 / 335
页数:5
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