A novel aminopeptidase in the fat body of the moth Achaea janata as a receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins and its comparison with midgut aminopeptidase

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 405, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-297

  Budatha, Madhusudhan ^a   Meur, Gargi ^a   Dutta Gupta, Aparna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N (APN); Cry receptor; Fat body; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor; Haemolymph

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY TOXINS; FAT BODY; INTRAHAEMOCOELIC INJECTIONS;

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; CELL MEMBRANES; INSECTICIDES; PROTEINS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CRY1A TOXIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CRY TOXIN RECEPTORS, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; FAT BODY; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACHAEA JANATA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOTOXINS; FAT BODY; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34447120114     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20070054     Document Type: Article

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