Structural highlights
Function
BPI_HUMAN The cytotoxic action of BPI is limited to many species of Gram-negative bacteria; this specificity may be explained by a strong affinity of the very basic N-terminal half for the negatively charged lipopolysaccharides that are unique to the Gram-negative bacterial outer envelope. Has antibacterial activity against the Gram-nagative bacterium P.aeruginosa, this activity is inhibited by LPS from P.aeruginosa.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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References
- ↑ Gray PW, Flaggs G, Leong SR, Gumina RJ, Weiss J, Ooi CE, Elsbach P. Cloning of the cDNA of a human neutrophil bactericidal protein. Structural and functional correlations. J Biol Chem. 1989 Jun 5;264(16):9505-9. PMID:2722846
- ↑ Wasiluk KR, Skubitz KM, Gray BH. Comparison of granule proteins from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes which are bactericidal toward Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infect Immun. 1991 Nov;59(11):4193-200. PMID:1937776
