A Unique Toxic Peptide from the Larvae of the South American Sawfly, Perreyia flavipes .
John K. MacLeod, Carl Braybrook, Peta M. Simmonds and Peter B. Oelrichs
Australian Journal of Chemistry
53(4) 293 - 297
Published: 2000
Abstract
A major toxic component of the South American sawfly larvae, Perreyia flavipes (Pergidae), has been shown to be a heptapeptide with the structure (1). The unique features of this peptide, which has been named pergidin, are the presence of five unnatural D amino acids and a phosphoseryl residue.Keywords: Electrospray mass spectrometry; peptide; pergidin.
https://doi.org/10.1071/CH99146
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