Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P81464 (APID_BOMPA)

Names and origin

Protein names	Recommended name:     Apidaecin
Organism	Bombus pascuorum (Brown bumblebee)
Taxonomic identifier	65598 [NCBI]
Taxonomic lineage	Eukaryota › Metazoa › Arthropoda › Hexapoda › Insecta › Pterygota › Neoptera › Endopterygota › Hymenoptera › Apocrita › Aculeata › Apoidea › Apidae › Bombus › Thoracobombus

Protein attributes

Sequence length	17 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Evidence at protein level.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Antibacterial peptide active against Gram-negative bacteria.
Subcellular location	Secreted.
Induction	By bacterial infection.
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the apidaecin family.

Ontologies

Keywords
Biological process	Immune response Innate immunity
Cellular component	Secreted
Molecular function	Antibiotic Antimicrobial
Technical term	Direct protein sequencing
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	defense response to bacterium Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW innate immune response Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW
Cellular component	extracellular region Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-SubCell
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier
Molecule processing
	Peptide	1 – 17	17	Apidaecin		PRO_0000043589

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	P81464-1 [UniParc]. Last modified December 15, 1998. Version 1. Checksum: CD1D0D02C8BC23D1	FASTA	17	1,963
	10 GNRPVYIPPP RPPHPRL

References

[1]	"Novel antibacterial peptides isolated from a European bumblebee, Bombus pascuorum (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)." Rees J.A., Moniatte M., Bulet P. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 27:413-422(1997) [PubMed: 9219367] [Abstract] Cited for: PROTEIN SEQUENCE. Tissue: Hemolymph.

Cross-references

3D structure databases
ModBase	Search...
Family and domain databases
InterPro	IPR004828. Apidaecin. [Graphical view]
Pfam	PF00807. Apidaecin. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
ProtoNet	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

APID_BOMPA

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: P81464

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	December 15, 1998
Last sequence update:	December 15, 1998
Last modified:	June 16, 2009
This is version 38 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)