Characterization, fractionation and kinetic properties of the enzymes of ecdysteroid 3-epimerization and phosphorylation isolated from the midgut cytosol of the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 809-816

  Webb, T J ^a,b   Powls, R ^a   Rees, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3DE reductases; ATP: ecdysteroid phosphotransferases; Ecdysone oxidase; Ecdysteroid inactivation; Ecdysteroid inactivation enzymes; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CROSS REACTION; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; WORM;

EID: 0030239473     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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