Primary Citation of Related Structures:   5LAH
PubMed Abstract: 
A novel bioactive peptide named τ-AnmTx Ueq 12-1 (short name Ueq 12-1) was isolated and characterized from the sea anemone Urticina eques. Ueq 12-1 is unique among the variety of known sea anemone peptides in terms of its primary and spatial structure. It consists of 45 amino acids including 10 cysteine residues with an unusual distribution and represents a new group of sea anemone peptides. The 3D structure of Ueq 12-1, determined by NMR spectroscopy, represents a new disulfide-stabilized fold partly similar to the defensin-like fold. Ueq 12-1 showed the dual activity of both a moderate antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria and a potentiating activity on the transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1). Ueq 12-1 is a unique peptide potentiator of the TRPA1 receptor that produces analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects in vivo . The antinociceptive properties allow us to consider Ueq 12-1 as a potential analgesic drug lead with antibacterial properties.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia. yulia.logashina@gmail.com.
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Institute of Molecular Medicine,Trubetskaya str. 8, bld. 2, Moscow 119991, Russia. yulia.logashina@gmail.com.
Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, NO 9037 Tromsø, Norway. runar.g.solstad@uit.no.
Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia. mineev@nmr.ru.
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskyi per., 9, Dolgoprudnyi, 141700, Moscow, Russia. mineev@nmr.ru.
Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia. july@ibch.ru.
Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia. mosharova1988@mail.ru.
Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Nauki Avenue, 142290 Pushchino, Russia. dyachenkoigor7@gmail.com.
Pushchino State Natural-Science Institute, 142290 Pushchino, Russia. dyachenkoigor7@gmail.com.
Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Nauki Avenue, 142290 Pushchino, Russia. viktorpalikov@mail.ru.
Pushchino State Natural-Science Institute, 142290 Pushchino, Russia. viktorpalikov@mail.ru.
Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Nauki Avenue, 142290 Pushchino, Russia. palikowa2017@yandex.ru.
Pushchino State Natural-Science Institute, 142290 Pushchino, Russia. palikowa2017@yandex.ru.
Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Nauki Avenue, 142290 Pushchino, Russia. murashev_an@mail.ru.
Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia. aars@nmr.ru.
Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia. serg@ibch.ru.
Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, NO 9037 Tromsø, Norway. klara.stensvag@uit.no.
Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, NO 9037 Tromsø, Norway. tor.haug@uit.no.
Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia. ay@land.ru.
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Institute of Molecular Medicine,Trubetskaya str. 8, bld. 2, Moscow 119991, Russia. ay@land.ru.