Regulation of ecdysteroid signalling during Drosophila development: Identification, characterization and modelling of ecdysone oxidase, an enzyme involved in control of ligand concentration

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 389, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 637-645

  Takeuchi, Hajime ^a   Rigden, Daniel J ^a   Ebrahimi, Bahram ^a   Turner, Philip C ^a   Rees, Huw H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 dehydro 20 hydroxyecdysone; 3 dehydroecdysone; Ecdysone receptor; Glucose methanol choline oxidoreductase (GMC oxidoreductase); Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHOLESTEROL; DERIVATIVES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATES;

3-DEHYDRO-2-HYDROXYECYDYSONE; 3-DEHYDROECHYSONE; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSTEROID SIGNALING; GLUCOSE-METHANOL-CHOLINE OXIDOREDUCTASE; METAMORPHOSIS;

HORMONES;

3 DEHYDROECDYSONE; 3 DEHYDROECDYSTEROID; 3 EPIECDYSTEROID; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; ECDYSONE; ECDYSONE OXIDASE; ECDYSTEROID; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE METHANOL CHOLINE OXIDOREDUCTASE; LIGAND; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN CG9504; PROTEIN DHR38; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CATALYSIS; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MIDGUT; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; STEROID METABOLISM;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BENZOIC ACIDS; BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDRAZINES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PUPA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 23644436381     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050498     Document Type: Article

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