Opsin cDNA sequences of a UV and green rhodopsin of the satyrine butterfly Bicyclus anynana.

Abstract:

:The cDNAs of an ultraviolet (UV) and long-wavelength (LW) (green) absorbing rhodopsin of the bush brown Bicyclus anynana were partially identified. The UV sequence, encoding 377 amino acids, is 76-79% identical to the UV sequences of the papilionids Papilio glaucus and Papilio xuthus and the moth Manduca sexta. A dendrogram derived from aligning the amino acid sequences reveals an equidistant position of Bicyclus between Papilio and Manduca. The sequence of the green opsin cDNA fragment, which encodes 242 amino acids, represents six of the seven transmembrane regions. At the amino acid level, this fragment is more than 80% identical to the corresponding LW opsin sequences of Dryas, Heliconius, Papilio (rhodopsin 2) and Manduca. Whereas three LW absorbing rhodopsins were identified in the papilionid butterflies, only one green opsin was found in B. anynana.

authors

Vanhoutte KJ,Eggen BJ,Janssen JJ,Stavenga DG

doi

10.1016/s0965-1748(02)00058-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1383-90

issue

11

eissn

0965-1748

issn

1879-0240

pii

S0965174802000589

journal_volume

32

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