Organization, evolution and transcriptional profile of hexamerin genes of the parasitic waspNasonia vitripennis(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
| Autor: | Francis M. F. Nunes, Angel Roberto Barchuk, Márcia Maria Gentile Bitondi, Alexandre S. Cristino, V. M. Aguiar-Coelho, Zilá Luz Paulino Simões |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Pseudogene
media_common.quotation_subject Wasps Insect Genome Parasitoid wasp Evolution Molecular Nasonia vitripennis Species Specificity Phylogenetics Botany Genetics Animals Pteromalidae Molecular Biology Gene Phylogeny DNA Primers media_common Enzyme Precursors Models Genetic biology Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Gene Expression Profiling fungi Computational Biology Bayes Theorem biology.organism_classification Gene Components Insect Science Insect Proteins Catechol Oxidase |
| Zdroj: | Insect Molecular Biology. 19:137-146 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2583 0962-1075 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00970.x |
| Popis: | Hexamerins and prophenoloxidases (PPOs) proteins are members of the arthropod-haemocyanin superfamily. In contrast to haemocyanin and PPO, hexamerins do not bind oxygen, but mainly play a role as storage proteins that supply amino acids for insect metamorphosis. We identified seven genes encoding hexamerins, three encoding PPOs, and one hexamerin pseudogene in the genome of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis. A phylogenetic analysis of hexamerins and PPOs from this wasp and related proteins from other insect orders suggests an essentially order-specific radiation of hexamerins. Temporal and spatial transcriptional profiles of N. vitripennis hexamerins suggest that they have physiological functions other than metamorphosis, which are arguably coupled with its lifestyle. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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