Pardaxin
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| Pardaxin | |||||||||
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 twenty lowest energy structures of pa4 by solution nmr | |||||||||
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| Symbol | Pardaxin | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF07425 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR009990 | ||||||||
| OPM superfamily | 235 | ||||||||
| OPM protein | 1xc0 | ||||||||
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Pardaxin is a peptide produced by the Red Sea sole that is used as a shark repellent.[1] It causes lysis of mammalian and bacterial cells, similar to melittin.[2]
References
- ↑ Primor N (May 1985). "Pharyngeal cavity and the gills are the target organ for the repellent action of pardaxin in shark". Experientia 41 (5): 693–5. PMID 3996550.
- ↑ Oren Z, Shai Y (April 1996). "A class of highly potent antibacterial peptides derived from pardaxin, a pore-forming peptide isolated from Moses sole fish Pardachirus marmoratus". Eur. J. Biochem. 237 (1): 303–10. PMID 8620888.
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