Coleopteran Antimicrobial Peptides: Prospects for Clinical Applications

Table 1

Antimicrobial peptides currently predicted or identified in Tribolium.

Antimicrobial peptide	Accession number	Reference	Target	Method of identification
Attacin1	GLEAN_07737	[22]		Homology searches
Attacin2	GLEAN_07738	[22]		Homology searches
Attacin3	GLEAN_07739	[22]		Homology searches
Cecropin1	GLEAN_00499	[22, 31]	Antibacterial, antitumor	Homology searches
Cecropin2	Cec2	[22, 31]	Antibacterial, antitumor	Homology searches
Cecropin3	GLEAN_00500	[22, 31]	Antibacterial, antitumor	Homology searches
Defensin1	GLEAN_06250; XM_962101	[22, 36]	Antibacterial	Homology searches and suppression subtractive hybridization
Defensin2	GLEAN_10517; XM_963144	[22, 36]	Antibacterial	Homology searches and suppression subtractive hybridization
Defensin3	GLEAN_12469; XM_968482	[22, 36]	Antibacterial	Homology searches and suppression subtractive hybridization
Defensin4	Def4	[22]		Homology searches
Coleoptericin1	GLEAN_05093	[22]	Antibacterial	Homology searches
Coleoptericin2	GLEAN_05096	[22]	Antibacterial	Homology searches
Similar to thaumatin family	XM_963631	[36]	Antifungal	Suppression subtractive hybridization
Probable antimicrobial peptide	Tc11324	[22]		Homology searches
Putative antimicrobial peptide	AM712902	[36]		Suppression subtractive hybridization