hBD-3,β-Defensin-3, human

This is a 5.1kDa 45-amino acid antimicrobial peptide called beta-Defensin-3 (hBD-3) having a beta sheet with three intramolecular disulfide bonds. It is expressed in high levels in keratinocytes and tonsilar tissue while expressed low in epithelia of the respiratory, gastrointestinal and genito-urinary tracts. Factors that induce its expression include TNF-alpha, IL-1beta and bacteria such as P. aeruginosa and S. aureus. hBD-3 is also potentially induced after exposure to IFN-gamma. In contrast to hBD-1, -2 and -4, hBD-3 demonstrates a salt-insensitive antimicrobial activity towards several pathogenic microorganisms at physiologic salt concentrations. This makes hBD-3 uniquely and particularly relevant in diseases where other hBDs show inactivity. The ability of hBD-3 to elicit its antimicrobial activity more effectively at the concentrations lower that those of hBD-1 and hBD-2 has been attributed to its amphipathic dimer structure and the increased positive surface charge (+9), compared to hBD-1 (+4) and hBD-2 (+6). hBD-3 has been shown to induce cytokine production from human keratinocytes and stimulates monocyte migration.

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M.W/Mr.5155.4
SequenceOne Letter Code: GIINTLQKYYCRVRGGRCAVLSCLPKEEQIGKCSTRGRKCCRRKK (Disulfide bridge: 11-40, 18-33, 23-41)
Three Letter Code: H-Gly-Ile-Ile-Asn-Thr-Leu-Gln-Lys-Tyr-Tyr-Cys-Arg-Val-Arg-Gly-Gly-Arg-Cys-Ala-Val-Leu-Ser-Cys-Leu-Pro-Lys-Glu-Glu-Gln-Ile-Gly-Lys-Cys-Ser-Thr-Arg-Gly-Arg-Lys-Cys-Cys-Arg-Arg-Lys-Lys-OH (Disulfide bridge:11-40,18-33,23-41)
References1, Niyonsaba F and Ogawa H. J Derm Sci. 40, 157-168 (2005).
2, Dhople, V. et al. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1758, 1499 (2006).
3, Cole, A. Protein and Peptide Lett 12, 41 (2005).
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