%0 Journal Article
%T Evolutionary conservation of the antimicrobial function of mucus: a first defence against infection
%A Ana L Morales-Garcia
%A Cassie R Bakshani
%A J Grant Burgess
%A Jeffrey P Pearson
%A John C Bythell
%A Matthew D Wilcox
%A Mike Althaus
%J Archive of "NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes".
%D 2018
%R 10.1038/s41522-018-0057-2
%X Similarity in the amino acid sequence between qniumucin from jellyfish and human MUC5AC. A similar tandem repeat of eight residues is found in both mucins and the boxes highlight four of these similarities. Although the human mucin is more flexible, both proteins form a gel in water. Reprinted (adapted) with permission from (Masuda et al. Mucin (qniumucin), a glycoprotein from jellyfish, and determination of its main chain structure. J. Nat. Prod. 70, 1089¨C1092 (2007). Copyright (2007) American Chemical Societ
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6031612/