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PMID:11106397

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Citation

Werner, T, Liu, G, Kang, D, Ekengren, S, Steiner, H and Hultmark, D (2000) A family of peptidoglycan recognition proteins in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97:13772-7

Abstract

Peptidoglycans from bacterial cell walls trigger immune responses in insects and mammals. A peptidoglycan recognition protein, PGRP, has been cloned from moths as well as vertebrates and has been shown to participate in peptidoglycan-mediated activation of prophenoloxidase in the silk moth. Here we report that Drosophila expresses 12 PGRP genes, distributed in 8 chromosomal loci on the 3 major chromosomes. By analyzing cDNA clones and genomic databases, we grouped them into two classes: PGRP-SA, SB1, SB2, SC1A, SC1B, SC2, and SD, with short transcripts and short 5'-untranslated regions; and PGRP-LA, LB, LC, LD, and LE, with long transcripts and long 5'-untranslated regions. The predicted structures indicate that the first group encodes extracellular proteins and the second group, intracellular and membrane-spanning proteins. Most PGRP genes are expressed in all postembryonic stages. Peptidoglycan injections strongly induce five of the genes. Transcripts from the different PGRP genes were found in immune competent organs such as fat body, gut, and hemocytes. We demonstrate that at least PGRP-SA and SC1B can bind peptidoglycan, and a function in immunity is likely for this family.

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PubMed PMC17651 Online version:10.1073/pnas.97.25.13772

Keywords

Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Animals, Genetically Modified; Carrier Proteins/chemistry; Carrier Proteins/metabolism; Cloning, Molecular; DNA, Complementary; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics; Drosophila melanogaster/immunology; Molecular Sequence Data; RNA, Messenger/genetics; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

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