Part:BBa_K4241795

Cecropin B (Microalgal Expression)

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]

  Illegal NgoMIV site found at 64
  
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

Overview

This part is Cecropin B, an antimicrobial peptide derived from the Cecropia moth. This specific sequence is optimized for microalgal expression. This was derived from the following publication: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12602-021-09797-1

Usage and Biology

Cecropins, a group of antimicrobial peptides fround primarily from insects, are a group of cationic antimicrobial peptides. Like most of the members of the group, Cecropin B has an amphipathic N-terminal segment and a largely hydrophobic C-terminal segment. These form a helix-hinge-helix structure, that is essential in maintaining antimicrobial effect. This sequence is isolated from Hyalophora cecropia
This is simply the coding region of Cecropin B, to be used in microalgal expression systems.

Reference

Park, A. R., Kim, S. W., Kim, S. Y., & Kwon, K.-C. (2021). Expression of antimicrobial peptide (AMP), Cecropin B, in a fused form to sumo tag with or without three-glycine linker in escherichia coli and evaluation of bacteriolytic activity of the purified amp. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 13(6), 1780–1789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-021-09797-1