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cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide; 18 kD cationic antimicrobial protein; CAP-18; hCAP-18; bactenecin; cathelin; indolicidin (CAMP, CAP18, FALL39, HSD26)
Function:
- protects the skin against infection by gram-positive & gram-negative bacteria (antibacterial activity)
- components of the innate immune system
- proinflammatory properties
- secreted as inactive precursors that undergo enzymatic cleavage to take on their functional form
- binds to bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS)
Structure:
- N-terminus is blocked
- belongs to the cathelicidin family
Compartment:
- secreted
- also isolated as a component of plasma membrane lipid rafts in neutrophils [2]
Expression:
- expressed in bone marrow, testis, neutrophils
- expressed in epidermis & other organs
Pathology:
- overexpression of kallikrein-5 cleaves cathelicidin thus producing clinical manifestations of rosacea [3]
General
secreted peptide
Properties
SIZE: entity length = 170 aa
MW = 19 kD
COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment
MOTIF: signal sequence {1-30}
cysteine residue {C86}
MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C97}
cysteine residue {C97}
MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C86}
cysteine residue {C108}
MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C125}
cysteine residue {C125}
MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C108}
Database Correlations
OMIM 600474
UniProt P49913
PFAM correlations
Entrez Gene 820
Kegg hsa:820
References
- prosite :accession {PS00946 PS00947}
- Nebl T et al, JBC (August 28) 2002
- Yamasaki K, Di Nardo A, Bardan A, Murakami M, Ohtake T, Coda A,
Dorschner RA, Bonnart C, Descargues P, Hovnanian A, Morhenn VB,
Gallo RL.
Increased serine protease activity and cathelicidin promotes
skin inflammation in rosacea.
Nat Med. 2007 Aug;13(8):975-80. Epub 2007 Aug 5.
PMID: 17676051