UniProt functional annotation for P01507

UniProt code: P01507.

Organism: Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Ditrysia; Bombycoidea; Saturniidae; Saturniinae; Attacini; Hyalophora.
 
Function: Cecropins have lytic and antibacterial activity against several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
 
Subcellular location: Secreted.
Ptm: A protein with the same sequence as cecropin A, but lacking the carboxyl blocking group, has been isolated and called cecropin C. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7140755}.
Similarity: Belongs to the cecropin family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.