Eucaryocins

Eucaryocins are proteinogenic toxins that are synthesized by various eukaryotes ( protozoa , plants and animals ). The name is derived from the " bacteriocins " that are secreted by bacterial strains .

Eucaryocins are small, heat-stable, cationic peptides that attack the cell membrane of their target cells. Most of them have an antimicrobial effect as defensins . Eucaryocins can either exist as linear peptides or form disulfide bridges .

Eucaryocins were discovered in the 1960s; in 2004 895 different eucaryocins were identified.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Richard F. Shand and Kathryn J. Leyva: Archaeal Antimicrobials: An undiscovered country . In: Paul Blum (Ed.): Archaea: New Models for Prokaryotic Biology . Caister Academic Press 2008; ISBN 978-1-904455-27-1 ; P. 233f.