Ponericin

This family contains a number of ponericin peptides (approximately 30 residues long) from the venom of the predatory ant Pachycondyla goeldii (Ponerine ant). These peptides exhibit antibacterial and insecticidal properties, and may adopt an amphipathic alpha-helical structure in polar environments such as cell membranes [PMID: 11279030].

The below sequences were used to create Ponericin sequence signatures:

>CAMPSQ224
FIGTALGIASAIPAIVKLFK
>CAMPSQ221
GIWGTLAKIGIKAVPRVISMLKKKKQ
>CAMPSQ222
GIWGTALKWGVKLLPKLVGMAQTKKQ
>CAMPSQ2603
FGSLFSLGSKLLPSVFKLFSRKKQ
>CAMPSQ223
FWGALIKGAAKLIPSVVGLFKKKQ
>CAMPSQ219
WLGSALKIGAKLLPSVVGLFKKKKQ
>CAMPSQ220
WLGSALKIGAKLLPSVVGLFQKKKK
>CAMPSQ217
LLKELWTKMKGAGKAVLGKIKGLL
>CAMPSQ218
LLKELWTKIKGAGKAVLGKIKGLL
>CAMPSQ215
GLVDVLGKVGGLIKKLLP
>CAMPSQ216
GLVDVLGKVGGLIKKLLPG
>CAMPSQ213
DFKDWMKTAGEWLKKKGPGILKAAMAAAT
>CAMPSQ214
GLKDWVKIAGGWLKKKGPGILKAAMAAATQ
>CAMPSQ210
GWKDWAKKAGGWLKKKGPGMAKAALKAAMQ
>CAMPSQ211
GWKDWLKKGKEWLKAKGPGIVKAALQAATQ
>CAMPSQ212
GWKDWLNKGKEWLKKKGPGIMKAALKAATQ

The below sequences were retrieved using Ponericin sequence signatures:

> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ210 | P82414 | 18202397
GWKDWAKKAGGWLKKKGPGMAKAALKAAMQ
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ211 | P82415 | 18202398
GWKDWLKKGKEWLKAKGPGIVKAALQAATQ
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ212 | P82416 | 18202399
GWKDWLNKGKEWLKKKGPGIMKAALKAATQ
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ213 | P82417 | 18202400
DFKDWMKTAGEWLKKKGPGILKAAMAAAT
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ214 | P82418 | 18202401
GLKDWVKIAGGWLKKKGPGILKAAMAAATQ
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ219 | P82423 | 18202406
WLGSALKIGAKLLPSVVGLFKKKKQ
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ220 | P82424 | 18202407
WLGSALKIGAKLLPSVVGLFQKKKK
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ221 | P82425 | 18202408
GIWGTLAKIGIKAVPRVISMLKKKKQ
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ222 | P82426 | 18202409
GIWGTALKWGVKLLPKLVGMAQTKKQ
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ223 | P82427 | 18202410
FWGALIKGAAKLIPSVVGLFKKKQ
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ2601 | P0CI92 | 317411859
FGSLFSLGSKLLPTVFKLFSRKKQ
> CAMPPonH | CAMPSQ2603 | P0CI91 | 317411858
FGSLFSLGSKLLPSVFKLFSRKKQ
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