ID   DFP4_LONON              Reviewed;          65 AA.
AC   Q5MGD8;
DT   05-MAY-2009, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   01-FEB-2005, sequence version 1.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 34.
DE   RecName: Full=Defense protein 4;
DE            Short=DFP-4;
DE   Flags: Precursor;
OS   Lonomia obliqua (Moth).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;
OC   Neoptera; Endopterygota; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Ditrysia; Bombycoidea;
OC   Saturniidae; Hemileucinae; Lonomia.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=304329;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA].
RC   TISSUE=Spicule;
RX   PubMed=16023793; DOI=10.1016/j.gene.2005.05.002;
RA   Veiga A.B.G., Ribeiro J.M.C., Guimaraes J.A., Francischetti I.M.B.;
RT   "A catalog for the transcripts from the venomous structures of the
RT   caterpillar Lonomia obliqua: identification of the proteins potentially
RT   involved in the coagulation disorder and hemorrhagic syndrome.";
RL   Gene 355:11-27(2005).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: Cecropins have lytic and antibacterial activity against
CC       several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the cecropin family. {ECO:0000305}.
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DR   EMBL; AY829848; AAV91462.1; -; mRNA.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; Q5MGD8; -.
DR   SMR; Q5MGD8; -.
DR   GO; GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell.
DR   GO; GO:0019731; P:antibacterial humoral response; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0050830; P:defense response to Gram-positive bacterium; IEA:UniProt.
DR   GO; GO:0045087; P:innate immune response; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   InterPro; IPR000875; Cecropin.
DR   Pfam; PF00272; Cecropin; 1.
PE   3: Inferred from homology;
KW   Amidation; Antibiotic; Antimicrobial; Immunity; Innate immunity; Secreted;
KW   Signal.
FT   SIGNAL          1..25
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000255"
FT   CHAIN           26..65
FT                   /note="Defense protein 4"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000372775"
SQ   SEQUENCE   65 AA;  7215 MW;  0ABB758B449C52EE CRC64;
     MYGMSVRILM MSSLSACMLV STVTAWDFLK ELEGVGQRVR DSIISAGPAI DVLKKSQGPR
     RWSRP