Open AccessInsect Antimicrobial Peptides: Structures, Properties and Gene Regulation
Author(s) -
Yipeng Wang,
Ren Lai
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
dongwuxue yanjiu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 0254-5853
DOI - 10.3724/sp.j.1141.2010.01027
Subject(s) - antimicrobial peptides , insect , innate immune system , biology , effector , gene , antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , genetics , receptor , ecology
Insect antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an important group of insect innate immunity effectors. Insect AMPs are cationic and contain less than 100 amino acid residues. According to structure, insect AMPs can be divided into a limited number of families. The diverse antimicrobial spectrum of insect AMPs may indicate different modes of action. Research on the model organism Drosophila indicate that insect AMPs gene regulation involves multiple signaling pathways and a large number of signaling molecules.