The pro-phenoloxidase of coleopteran insect, Tenebrio molitor, larvae was activated during cell clump/cell adhesion of insect cellular defense reactions.

Abstract:

:To characterize the proteins involved in cell clump/cell adhesion of insect cellular defense reactions, we induced the cell clump/cell adhesion reaction in vitro with the hemolymph of larvae of the coleopteran insect, Tenebrio molitor. The 72 kDa protein was specifically enriched in the residues of cell clump/cell adhesion and was purified to homogeneity. A cDNA clone for the 72 kDa protein was isolated. We found that the 72 kDa protein was an activated phenoloxidase from Tenebrio pro-phenoloxidase. We suggest that activated phenoloxidase is involved in the cell clump/cell adhesion reaction as well as in the synthesis of melanin.

journal_name

FEBS Lett

journal_title

FEBS letters

authors

Lee HS,Cho MY,Lee KM,Kwon TH,Homma K,Natori S,Lee BL

doi

10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00067-8

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-02-12 00:00:00

pages

255-9

issue

2-3

eissn

0014-5793

issn

1873-3468

pii

S0014579399000678

journal_volume

444

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