| 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.