holotricins |
Homarus americanus Anti-lipopolysaccharide factor 1 |
Temporin-ALa |
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This antimicrobial peptide has been isolated from hemocytes of the American lobster, Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards 1837 (Battison et al, 2008). Homarin is a multimer composed of 4-6 kDa subunits with similarities to amphibian temporins. Homarin has bacteriostatic activity against some Gram-negative bacteria and both protozoastatic and protozoacidal activity against two cultured scuticociliate parasites Mesanophrys chesapeakensis and Anophryoides haemophila), the latter being a significant pathogen of Homarus americanus.
For other proteins/peptides with antimicrobial activities and/or functions in innate immunity see also the Innate
immunity defense peptides Dictionary section of this encyclopedia.
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