
%0 Journal Article
%A MacLeod, John K. 
%A Braybrook, Carl 
%A Simmonds, Peta M. 
%A Oelrichs, Peter B. 
%T A Unique Toxic Peptide from the Larvae of the South American Sawfly, <emph type="2">Perreyia flavipes</emph>.
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2000/07/21
%V 53
%N 4
%P 293-297
%K Electrospray mass spectrometry; peptide; pergidin.
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH99146
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH99146 
%X A major toxic component of the South American sawfly larvae, Perreyia flavipes (Pergidae), has been shown to be a heptapeptide with the structure (1). The unique features of this peptide, which has been named pergidin, are the presence of five unnatural D amino acids and a phosphoseryl residue. 
