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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP12755
Secondary Accession Numbers None
Name Corticostatin-4
Synonyms
  1. Antiadrenocorticotropin peptide IV
  2. Corticostatin IV
  3. Macrophage antibiotic peptide MCP-2
  4. CS-IV
  5. NP-2
Gene Name (REFSEQ) MACROPHAGE CATIONIC PEPTIDE 2
Protein Type Unknown
Biological Properties
General Function Not Available
Specific Function This peptide has antibiotic, anti-fungi and antiviral activity. It also inhibits corticotropin (ACTH) stimulated corticosterone production.
Pathways
  • NOD-like receptor signaling pathway
  • Staphylococcus aureus infection
  • Transcriptional misregulation in cancer
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification
Biological Process
defense response to virus
defense response to bacterium
defense response to fungus
killing of cells of other organism
Cellular Component
extracellular space
Cellular Location Not Available
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Not Available
Locus Not Available
SNPs Not Available
Gene Sequence Not Available
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 95
Molecular Weight 10431.1
Theoretical pI 7.705
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • 1-19;
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence Not Available
GenBank ID Protein Not Available
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P01377
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name DEF4_RABIT
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID Not Available
GeneCard ID Not Available
GenAtlas ID Not Available
HGNC ID Not Available
References
General References
  1. Ganz T, Rayner JR, Valore EV, Tumolo A, Talmadge K, Fuller F: The structure of the rabbit macrophage defensin genes and their organ-specific expression. J Immunol. 1989 Aug 15;143(4):1358-65. [PubMed:2745983 ]
  2. Sadro LC, Tremblay A, Solomon S, Palfree RG: Differential expression of corticostatins/defensins: higher levels of CS-4 (NP-2) transcripts compared with CS-6 (NP-5) in rabbit lung. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1993 Feb 15;190(3):1009-16. doi: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.1149. [PubMed:8439302 ]
  3. Selsted ME, Brown DM, DeLange RJ, Lehrer RI: Primary structures of MCP-1 and MCP-2, natural peptide antibiotics of rabbit lung macrophages. J Biol Chem. 1983 Dec 10;258(23):14485-9. [PubMed:6643497 ]
  4. Zhu Q, Solomon S: Isolation and mode of action of rabbit corticostatic (antiadrenocorticotropin) peptides. Endocrinology. 1992 Mar;130(3):1413-23. doi: 10.1210/endo.130.3.1311240. [PubMed:1311240 ]
  5. Zhang XL, Selsted ME, Pardi A: NMR studies of defensin antimicrobial peptides. 1. Resonance assignment and secondary structure determination of rabbit NP-2 and human HNP-1. Biochemistry. 1992 Nov 24;31(46):11348-56. doi: 10.1021/bi00161a012. [PubMed:1445872 ]
  6. Pardi A, Zhang XL, Selsted ME, Skalicky JJ, Yip PF: NMR studies of defensin antimicrobial peptides. 2. Three-dimensional structures of rabbit NP-2 and human HNP-1. Biochemistry. 1992 Nov 24;31(46):11357-64. doi: 10.1021/bi00161a013. [PubMed:1445873 ]