Microviridin
Microviridins are a class of serine protease inhibitors produced by various genera of cyanobacteria. Microviridins are characterized by tricyclic depsipeptide structure.
The known microviridins include microviridins A-L.
Toxicity
Microviridin J has been found to disrupt molting in the invertebrate Daphnia pulicaria, probably as a result of its protease inhibitory effects [1]
References
- ↑ Thomas Rohrlack, Kirsten Christoffersen, Melanie Kaebernick, Brett A. Neilan (2004). "Cyanobacterial Protease Inhibitor Microviridin J Causes a Lethal Molting Disruption in Daphnia pulicaria". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70 (8): 5047–5050. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.8.5047-5050.2004. Retrieved Dec 2015.
External links
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0040402096003778
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbic.200800560/abstract?userIsAuthenticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=
- http://aem.asm.org/content/76/11/3568.short
See also
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