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This peptide of 56 amino acids has been isolated from the scorpion Isometrus maculatus (Miyashita et al, 2010). The peptide causes rapid and reversible paralysis after injection into crickets. Im-1 shares sequence similarity with an antimicrobial peptide, parabutoporin and has been shown to have an antimicrobial activity profile similar to parabutoporin.
For other proteins/peptides with functions in innate immunity and/or antimicrobial activities see also: Innate immunity and defense peptides Dictionary.
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