Relationship between hemolytic molecules in Eisenia fetida earthworms.
The coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia fetida has been reported to contain a variety of proteins causing the lysis of red blood cells-EFAF (Eisenia fetida andrei factor), fetidin, lysenin, eiseniapore, and hemolysins isolated either from coelomic fluid (H1, H2, H3) or from cell lysate (CL(39) and CL(41)). We document the presence of two distinct genes with a high level of homology. These genes encode fetidin and lysenin but their level of expression differs in individual E. fetida andrei animals.
Procházková
Petra
P
Department of Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic. kohler@biomed.cas.cz
Silerová
Marcela
M
Felsberg
Jürgen
J
Josková
Radka
R
Beschin
Alain
A
De Baetselier
Patrick
P
Bilej
Martin
M
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006461:Hemolysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014118:Toxins, Biological
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011506:Proteins; D014118:Toxins, Biological; C103929:fetidin; C107040:lysenin