Isolated peptides having phospholipase inhibitory activity

An isolated peptide having phospholipase inhibitory activity, selected from the group consisting of:

• a) an isolated peptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 65% identity to the residues 289-310 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1 or the residues 154-175 of SEQ ID. NO:
• 10;
• b) an isolated peptide encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes under medium stringency conditions or high stringency conditions with a peptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 1 or the complementary stand of said peptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 1;
• c) an isolated peptide encoded by a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence having at least 65% identity to the residues 289-310 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1;
• and
• d) an isolated peptide comprising a motif with the following amino acid sequence:
• M1T2D3X4X5L6E7X8K9L10N11X12Y13V14X15X16D17X18E19Y20X21K22 where X4, X5, X8, X12, X15, X16, X18, and X21 independently may be any amino acid, wherein the peptide has a length of less than 60 amino acids (aa).