Cathepsin L-like cysteine proteinase (DcCathL) from Delia coarctata (wheat bulb fly): Basis of insecticidal activity

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 535-546

  Pyati, Prashant S ^a   Bell, Howard A ^b   Fitches, Elaine ^b   Price, Daniel R G ^a   Gatehouse, Angharad M R ^c   Gatehouse, John A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae); Cathepsin L like proteinase; Functional characterisation; Haemolymph; Melanisation; Negative regulation; Phenoloxidase activation cascade; Serpin; Wheat bulb fly (Delia coarctata)

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLY; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DIPTERA; ENZYME STABILITY; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERPINS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DELIA COARCTATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; PICHIA PASTORIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67650719841     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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