Horseshoe crab hemocyte-derived antimicrobial polypeptides, tachystatins, with sequence similarity to spider neurotoxins

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Osaki, T
Omotezako, M
Nagayama, R
Hirata, M
Iwanaga, S
Kasahara, J
Hattori, J
Ito, I
Sugiyama, H
Kawabata, S [1 ]
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[1] Kyushu Univ, Dept Biol, Fukuoka 8128581, Japan
[2] Grad Sch Med Sci, Dept Mol Biol, Fukuoka 8128582, Japan
[3] Iwate Med Univ, Dept Bacteriol, Morioka, Iwate 0208505, Japan
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10.1074/jbc.274.37.26172
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Antimicrobial peptides, named tachystatins A, B, and C, were identified from hemocytes of the horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus. Tachystatins exhibited a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and fungi. Of these tachystatins, tachystatin C was most effective. Tachystatin A is homologous to tachystatin B, but tachystatin C has no significant sequence similarity to tachystatins A and B. Tachystatins A and B showed sequence similarity to omega-agatoxin-IVA of funnel web spider venom, a potent blocker of voltage-dependent calcium channels. However, they exhibited no blocking activity of the P-type calcium channel in rat Purkinje cells. Tachystatin C also showed sequence similarity to several insecticidal neurotoxins of spider venoms. Tachystatins A, B, and C bound significantly to chitin, A causal relationship was observed between chitin binding activity and antifungal activity. Tachystatins caused morphological changes against a budding yeast, and tachystatin C had a strong cell lysis activity. The septum between mother cell and bud, a chitin-rich region, was stained by fluorescence-labeled tachystatin C, suggesting that the primary recognizing substance on the cell wall is chitin. As horseshoe crab is a close relative of the spider, tachystatins and spider neurotoxins may have evolved from a common ancestral peptide, with adaptive functions.
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