Review Article
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 |
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