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Mastoparan peptide Mastoparan (MP) peptides I II and III are extracted from the venom gland of the Neotropical social wasp Protopolybia exigua(Saussure) They are tetradecapeptides presenting from seven to ten hydrophobic amino acid residues and from two to four lysine residues in their primary sequences. These peptide cause the degranulation of mast cells. Protopolybia-MP-I also act causing hemolysis in erythrocytes.
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