ID   CECA1_DROSI             Reviewed;          63 AA.
AC   O61272;
DT   15-NOV-2002, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   01-AUG-1998, sequence version 1.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 83.
DE   RecName: Full=Cecropin-A1;
DE   Flags: Precursor;
GN   Name=CecA1;
OS   Drosophila simulans (Fruit fly).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;
OC   Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Ephydroidea;
OC   Drosophilidae; Drosophila; Sophophora.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=7240;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RX   PubMed=9553148; DOI=10.1007/s002510050379;
RA   Date A., Satta Y., Takahata N., Chigusa S.I.;
RT   "Evolutionary history and mechanism of the Drosophila cecropin gene
RT   family.";
RL   Immunogenetics 47:417-429(1998).
RN   [2]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RC   STRAIN=Montemayor;
RX   PubMed=9725836; DOI=10.1093/genetics/150.1.157;
RA   Ramos-Onsins S., Aguade M.;
RT   "Molecular evolution of the Cecropin multigene family in Drosophila:
RT   functional genes vs pseudogenes.";
RL   Genetics 150:157-171(1998).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: Cecropins have lytic and antibacterial activity against
CC       several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
CC   -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the cecropin family. {ECO:0000305}.
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DR   EMBL; AB010790; BAA28717.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   EMBL; Y16860; CAA76472.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   RefSeq; XP_002105487.1; XM_002105451.2.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; O61272; -.
DR   SMR; O61272; -.
DR   GeneID; 6730202; -.
DR   GO; GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; ISS:UniProtKB.
DR   GO; GO:0019731; P:antibacterial humoral response; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0050829; P:defense response to Gram-negative bacterium; IEA:UniProt.
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   InterPro; IPR020400; Cecropin_insect.
DR   PANTHER; PTHR38329; PTHR38329; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF00272; Cecropin; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS00268; CECROPIN; 1.
PE   3: Inferred from homology;
KW   Amidation; Antibiotic; Antimicrobial; Immunity; Innate immunity; Secreted;
KW   Signal.
FT   SIGNAL          1..19
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000255"
FT   CHAIN           20..62
FT                   /note="Cecropin-A1"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000004842"
FT   MOD_RES         62
FT                   /note="Arginine amide"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000250"
SQ   SEQUENCE   63 AA;  6783 MW;  E21C070C5BF4DE74 CRC64;
     MNFYNIFVFV ALILAITIGQ SEAGWLKKIG KKIERVGQHT RDATIQGLGV AQQAPNVAAT
     ARG