Antibacterial peptides of the moth Galleria mellonella.

P Mak; D Chmiel; G J Gacek

doi:10.18388/abp.2001_3890

Antibacterial peptides of the moth Galleria mellonella.

P Mak Institute of Molecular Biology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. makp@mol.uj.edu.pl;
D Chmiel
G J Gacek

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2001_3890

Abstract

The work describes purification and biochemical characterization of two inducible antimicrobial peptides from the hemolymph of Galleria mellonella. The peptides were isolated by a sequence of reversed-phase chromatography steps from the hemolymph of larvae immunized with viable bacteria. The first peptide is a member of the cecropin family while the second one is rich in proline residues and has a unique sequence.

Published

2001-12-31

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 4 (2001)

Section

Articles

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