title: Molecular cloning of grammistins, peptide toxins from the soapfish Pogonoperca punctata, by hemolytic screening of a cDNA library.
abstract: A novel method, based on the hemolytic screening of a cDNA phage library, was developed to isolate cDNAs encoding grammistins (antibacterial peptide toxins) of the soapfish Pogonoperca punctata. As a result, cDNAs encoding six grammistins were isolated and elucidated for their nucleotide sequences. In common with the grammistins, the precursor protein is composed of a highly conserved signal peptide, a considerably conserved propeptide that is characterized to contain a pair of basic residues (Lys-Arg) at plural positions including the C-terminus and one copy of a mature peptide. This precursor organization is similar to those of dermaseptins, antibacterial peptides from the frog skin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan-4, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Nami
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Shoichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishizaki
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiomi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001492:Bass / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005397:Fish Venoms / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005397:Fish Venoms; D010455:Peptides; D014118:Toxins, Biological; C001882:grammistin