A zymogen form of masquerade-like serine proteinase homologue is cleaved during pro-phenoloxidase activation by Ca2+ in coleopteran and Tenebrio molitor larvae

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4375-4383

  Lee, Kum Young ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a   Kim, Moon Suk ^a   Park, Ji Won ^a   Park, Ho Young ^b   Kawabata, Shun Ichiro ^c   Lee, Bok Luel ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Insect; Masquerade; Pro phenoloxidase; Serine proteinase homologue

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CALCIUM ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HEMOLYMPH; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TENEBRIO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0036046838     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03155.x     Document Type: Article

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