Insect storage proteins : gene families and receptors

The accumulation and utilization of storage proteins are prominent events linked to the metamorphosis of holometabolous insects. Storage proteins are synthesized in fat body, secreted into the larval hemolymph and taken up by fat body shortly before pupation. Within the pupal fat body, these proteins are initially stored in protein granules, and later proteolytically broken down to supply amino acid resources necessary for the completion of adult development. Most, but not all storage proteins belong to a superfamily of hexameric larval serum proteins that are evolutionarily related to hemocyanin. This article reviews the classification of these proteins, based on their amino acid sequences, and the current knowledge of the receptors that mediate their selective uptake into pupal fat body.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1996

Erschienen:

1996

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 26(1996), 8-9 vom: 27. Sept., Seite 755-65

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Haunerland, N H [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Insect Hormones
Insect Proteins
Journal Article
Receptors, Cell Surface
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Storage proteins, Insecta

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.04.1997

Date Revised 24.10.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM089794540