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Mass spectrometric identification of peptides present in immunized and parasitised hemolymph from honeybees without
A G Craig1, T Trenczek, I Fries
1Department of Immunology, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
|December 15, 1989
Abstract:
We propose that a substance, identified using mass spectrometry, present in the hemolymph of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) as a result of stimulating the insect immune system corresponds with Apidaecin I, an antibacterial peptide recently described. The plasma desorption mass spectra indicate that several other higher molecule mass substances are synthesised as a result of bacterial or parasite infection.