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Wijesekera TP, Saurabh S, Dauwalder B. Juvenile Hormone Is Required in Adult Males for Drosophila Courtship. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151912. [PMID: 27003411 PMCID: PMC4803231 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Juvenile Hormone (JH) has a prominent role in the regulation of insect development. Much less is known about its roles in adults, although functions in reproductive maturation have been described. In adult females, JH has been shown to regulate egg maturation and mating. To examine a role for JH in male reproductive behavior we created males with reduced levels of Juvenile Hormone Acid O-Methyl Transferase (JHAMT) and tested them for courtship. JHAMT regulates the last step of JH biosynthesis in the Corpora Allata (CA), the organ of JH synthesis. Males with reduced levels of JHAMT showed a reduction in courtship that could be rescued by application of Methoprene, a JH analog, shortly before the courtship assays were performed. In agreement with this, reducing JHAMT conditionally in mature flies led to courtship defects that were rescuable by Methoprene. The same result was also observed when the CA were conditionally ablated by the expression of a cellular toxin. Our findings demonstrate that JH plays an important physiological role in the regulation of male mating behavior.
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- Thilini P. Wijesekera
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Sharma P, Thakur S, Awasthi P. Synthesis, Characterization, Biological Evaluation and Docking Study of Heterocyclic-Based Synthetic Sulfonamides as Potential Pesticide Against G. mellonella. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 176:125-39. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1562-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nijhout HF, Riddiford LM, Mirth C, Shingleton AW, Suzuki Y, Callier V. The developmental control of size in insects. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2014; 3:113-34. [PMID: 24902837 PMCID: PMC4048863 DOI: 10.1002/wdev.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The mechanisms that control the sizes of a body and its many parts remain among the great puzzles in developmental biology. Why do animals grow to a species-specific body size, and how is the relative growth of their body parts controlled to so they grow to the right size, and in the correct proportion with body size, giving an animal its species-characteristic shape? Control of size must involve mechanisms that somehow assess some aspect of size and are upstream of mechanisms that regulate growth. These mechanisms are now beginning to be understood in the insects, in particular in Manduca sexta and Drosophila melanogaster. The control of size requires control of the rate of growth and control of the cessation of growth. Growth is controlled by genetic and environmental factors. Insulin and ecdysone, their receptors, and intracellular signaling pathways are the principal genetic regulators of growth. The secretion of these growth hormones, in turn, is controlled by complex interactions of other endocrine and molecular mechanisms, by environmental factors such as nutrition, and by the physiological mechanisms that sense body size. Although the general mechanisms of growth regulation appear to be widely shared, the mechanisms that regulate final size can be quite diverse.
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Awasthi P, Sharma P. In silico screening of the juvabione category of juvenile hormone analogues with juvenile hormone binding protein of Galleria mellonella--a docking study. SAR AND QSAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2012; 23:607-625. [PMID: 22799597 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2012.665384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Juvabione, dehydrojuvabione and their aromatic analogues act as juvenile hormone mimics against diverse strains of insect species. Large numbers of modified juvenoids containing the juvabione skeleton, with various structural variations, are synthesized. Some of these compounds exhibit a very high degree of juvenile hormone activity and are presently in use. In this paper we report a comparative molecular docking study of synthesized juvabione, natural juvenile hormone III and synthetic insect growth regulators (fenoxycarb, S-21149, Compound 1, pyriproxyfen) with the juvenile hormone binding protein of Galleria mellonella. The study clearly indicates a higher binding affinity of nitro-substituted juvabione over natural juvenile hormone III and synthetic insect growth regulators such as fenoxycarb and S-21149.
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- P Awasthi
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India.
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Bystranowska D, Szewczuk Z, Lisowski M, Sitkiewicz E, Dobryszycki P, Ożyhar A, Kochman M. Intramolecular cross-linking in the native JHBP molecule. Arch Biochem Biophys 2012; 517:12-9. [PMID: 22086120 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Revised: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Juvenile hormone binding protein (JHBP) acts as a shuttle, carrying one of the most crucial hormones for insect development to target tissues. We have found that although the JHBP molecule does not contain tryptophan residues, it exhibits a weak fluorescence maximum near 420nm upon excitation at 315nm. Gel filtration experiments performed in denaturing conditions and ESI-MS analyses excluded the possibility that some low molecular ligand was bound to the protein molecules. Further UV and CD spectroscopy studies, as well as immunoblotting, showed that the unusual JHBP optical properties were due to dityrosine intramolecular cross-linking. These bridges were detected both in native and recombinant protein molecules. We believe that in Galleria mellonella hemolymph the DT generation occurs via ROS-mediated oxidation leading to the formation of cross-linked JHBP monomers. MS analyses of peptides generated after JHBP proteolysis indicated, that the dityrosine bridge occurs between the Y128 and Y130 residues.
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Nilsen KA, Ihle KE, Frederick K, Fondrk MK, Smedal B, Hartfelder K, Amdam GV. Insulin-like peptide genes in honey bee fat body respond differently to manipulation of social behavioral physiology. J Exp Biol 2011; 214:1488-97. [PMID: 21490257 PMCID: PMC3076075 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.050393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Nutrient sensitive insulin-like peptides (ILPs) have profound effects on invertebrate metabolism, nutrient storage, fertility and aging. Many insects transcribe ILPs in specialized neurosecretory cells at changing levels correlated with life history. However, the major site of insect metabolism and nutrient storage is not the brain, but rather the fat body, where functions of ILP expression are rarely studied and poorly understood. Fat body is analogous to mammalian liver and adipose tissue, with nutrient stores that often correlate with behavior. We used the honey bee (Apis mellifera), an insect with complex behavior, to test whether ILP genes in fat body respond to experimentally induced changes of behavioral physiology. Honey bee fat body influences endocrine state and behavior by secreting the yolk protein precursor vitellogenin (Vg), which suppresses lipophilic juvenile hormone and social foraging behavior. In a two-factorial experiment, we used RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated vg gene knockdown and amino acid nutrient enrichment of hemolymph (blood) to perturb this regulatory module. We document factor-specific changes in fat body ilp1 and ilp2 mRNA, the bee's ILP-encoding genes, and confirm that our protocol affects social behavior. We show that ilp1 and ilp2 are regulated independently and differently and diverge in their specific expression-localization between fat body oenocyte and trophocyte cells. Insect ilp functions may be better understood by broadening research to account for expression in fat body and not only brain.
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- Kari-Anne Nilsen
- University of Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, N-1432 Aas, Norway
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- Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- University of Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, N-1432 Aas, Norway
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- Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculade de Medicina de Ribeirao Petro, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- University of Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, N-1432 Aas, Norway
- Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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Winiarska B, Dwornik A, Dębski J, Grzelak K, Bystranowska D, Zalewska M, Dadlez M, Ożyhar A, Kochman M. N-linked glycosylation of G. mellonella juvenile hormone binding protein - comparison of recombinant mutants expressed in P. pastoris cells with native protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2011; 1814:610-21. [PMID: 21315851 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2010] [Revised: 01/28/2011] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Juvenile hormone (JH) regulates insect growth and development. JH present in the hemolymph is bound to juvenile hormone binding protein (hJHBP) which protects JH from degradation. In G. mellonella, this protein is glycosylated only at one (Asn(94)) of the two potential N-linked glycosylation sites (Asn(4) and Asn(94)). To investigate the function of glycosylation, each of the two potential glycosylation sites in the rJHBP molecule was examined by site-directed mutagenesis. MS analysis revealed that rJHBP overexpressed in the P. pastoris system may appear in a non-glycosylated as well as in a glycosylated form at both sites. We found that mutation at position Asn(94) reduces the level of protein secretion whereas mutation at the Asn(4) site has no effect on protein secretion. Purified rJHBP and its mutated forms (N4W and N94A) have the same JH binding activities similar to that of hJHBP. However, both mutants devoid of the carbohydrate chain are more susceptible to thermal inactivation. It is concluded that glycosylation of JHBP molecule is important for its thermal stability and secretion although it is not required for JH binding activity.
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- Beata Winiarska
- Department of Biochemistry, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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Juvenile hormone binding protein traffic — Interaction with ATP synthase and lipid transfer proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1788:1695-705. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2008] [Revised: 04/19/2009] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kolodziejczyk R, Bujacz G, Jakób M, Ozyhar A, Jaskolski M, Kochman M. Insect juvenile hormone binding protein shows ancestral fold present in human lipid-binding proteins. J Mol Biol 2008; 377:870-81. [PMID: 18291417 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2007] [Revised: 01/07/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Low molecular weight juvenile hormone binding proteins (JHBPs) are specific carriers of juvenile hormone (JH) in the hemolymph of butterflies and moths. As hormonal signal transmitters, these proteins exert a profound effect on insect development. The crystal structure of JHBP from Galleria mellonella shows an unusual fold consisting of a long alpha-helix wrapped in a highly curved antiparallel beta-sheet. JHBP structurally resembles the folding pattern found in tandem repeats in some mammalian lipid-binding proteins, with similar organization of one cavity and a disulfide bond between the long helix and the beta-sheet. JHBP reveals, therefore, an archetypal fold used by nature for hydrophobic ligand binding. The JHBP molecule possesses two hydrophobic cavities. Several lines of experimental evidence conclusively indicate that JHBP binds JH in only one cavity, close to the N- and C-termini, and that this binding induces a structural change. The second cavity, located at the opposite end of the molecule, could bind another ligand.
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- Robert Kolodziejczyk
- Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, 60-780 Poznan, Poland
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Kamita SG, Hinton AC, Wheelock CE, Wogulis MD, Wilson DK, Wolf NM, Stok JE, Hock B, Hammock BD. Juvenile hormone (JH) esterase: why are you so JH specific? INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 33:1261-1273. [PMID: 14599498 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2003.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Juvenile hormone esterases (JHEs) from six insects belonging to three orders (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera) were compared in terms of their deduced amino acid sequence and biochemical properties. The four lepidopteran JHEs showed from 52% to 59% identity to each other and about 30% identity to the coleopteran and dipteran JHEs. The JHE of Manduca sexta was remarkably resistant to the addition of organic co-solvents and detergent; in some cases, it demonstrated significant activation of activity. Trifluoromethylketone (TFK) inhibitors with chain lengths of 8, 10 or 12 carbons were highly effective against both lepidopteran and coleopteran JHEs. The coleopteran JHE remained sensitive to TFK inhibitors with a chain length of 6 carbons, whereas the lepidopteran JHEs were significantly less sensitive. When the chain was altered to a phenethyl moiety, the coleopteran JHE remained moderately sensitive, while the lepidopteran JHEs were much less sensitive. The lepidopteran and coleopteran JHEs did not show dramatic differences in specificity to alpha-naphthyl and rho-nitrophenyl substrates. However, as the chain length of the alpha-naphthyl substrates increased from propionate to caprylate, there was a trend towards reduced activity. The JHE of M. sexta was crystallized and the properties of the crystal suggest a high-resolution structure will follow.
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- Shizuo G Kamita
- Department of Entomology and Cancer Research Center, University of California, 303 Briggs Hall, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Grzelak K, Kłdkiewicz B, Kolomiets LI, Debski J, Dadlez M, Lalik A, Ozyhar A, Kochman M. Overexpression of juvenile hormone binding protein in bacteria and Pichia pastoris. Protein Expr Purif 2003; 31:173-80. [PMID: 14550634 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-5928(03)00192-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Galleria mellonella juvenile hormone binding protein (JHBP) is a single chain glycoprotein with two disulfide bonds and a molecular mass of 25,880 Da. This report describes the expression of JHBP in bacteria and yeast cells (Pichia pastoris). The expression in bacteria was low and the protein was rapidly degraded upon cell lysis. The expression of His8-tagged rJHBP (His8-rJHBP) in P. pastoris was high and the non-degraded protein was purified to homogeneity with high yield in a one-step immobilized Ni++ affinity chromatography. His8-rJHBP from P. pastoris contains one JH III binding site with KD of 3.7 +/- 1.3x10(-7) M. The results suggest that P. pastoris is the preferred system for expression of His8-rJHBP in non-degraded fully active form.
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- Krystyna Grzelak
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Rodriguez Parkitna JM, Ozyhar A, Wiśniewski JR, Kochman M. Cloning and sequence analysis of Galleria mellonella juvenile hormone binding protein--a search for ancestors and relatives. Biol Chem 2002; 383:1343-55. [PMID: 12437127 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2002.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Juvenile hormone binding proteins (JHBPs) serve as specific carriers of juvenile hormone (JH) in insect hemolymph. As shown in this report, Galleria mellonella JHBP is encoded by a cDNA of 1063 nucleotides. The pre-protein consists of 245 amino acids with a 20 amino acid leader sequence. The concentration of the JHBP mRNA reaches a maximum on the third day of the last larval instar, and decreases five-fold towards pupation. Comparison of amino acid sequences of JHBPs from Bombyx mori, Heliothis virescens, Manduca sexta and G. mellonella shows that 57 positions out of 226 are occupied by identical amino acids. A phylogeny tree was constructed from 32 proteins, which function could be associated to JH. It has three major branches: (i) ligand binding domains of nuclear receptors, (ii) JHBPs and JH esterases (JHEs), and (iii) hypothetical proteins found in Drosophila melanogaster genome. Despite the close positioning of JHEs and JHBPs on the tree, which probably arises from the presence of a common JH binding motif, these proteins are unlikely to belong to the same family. Detailed analysis of the secondary structure modeling shows that JHBPs may contain a beta-barrel motif flanked by alpha-helices and thus be evolutionary related to the same superfamily as calycins.
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- Jan M Rodriguez Parkitna
- Division of Biochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland
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Krzyzanowska D, Lisowski M, Kochman M. UV-difference and CD spectroscopy studies on juvenile hormone binding to its carrier protein. THE JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE RESEARCH : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PEPTIDE SOCIETY 1998; 51:96-102. [PMID: 9516043 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1998.tb00625.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Juvenile hormone binding protein (JHBP) from hemolymph of Galleria mellonella is a single-chain glycoprotein of molecular mass near 25,880 containing no Trp residues. The fourth derivative of the protein absorption spectrum shows the characteristic vibrational components of the phenylalanine spectrum within the range 240-270 nm. At longer wavelengths two main bands 0-0 and 0+800 cm(-1) appear, caused by vibrational levels of electronic transition, pi-->pi*, in the tyrosine residues, with maxima at 279 nm and 286 nm, respectively. Two intersection points of the second derivative absorption band with abscissa at about 288.8 nm and 283 nm were analysed for estimation of the environment polarity of Tyr residues in the JHBP molecule. The results obtained suggest that JHBP contains at least two classes of Tyr residues with very apolar environment, similar to that found in azurine. In the JHBP-JH complex only one class of Tyr residues located in a very apolar environment was found, and a small perturbation of disulphide bridges was deduced from the UV-difference spectrum. Ligand perturbation appears as a minimum at 243 nm of the UV-difference spectrum. Comparison of the circular dichroism (CD) spectra for free JHBP with the CD spectra for the JHBP-JH complex monitored in the far-UV (190-240 nm) region indicates rather small differences in the secondary structure of the protein. Although ligand binding induces distinct changes in the near-UV (250-300 nm) region of the CD spectrum of JHBP, it is apparent where both Tyr and Phe residues contribute.
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- D Krzyzanowska
- Division of Biochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
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Duk M, Krotkiewski H, Forest E, Rodriguez Parkitna JM, Kochman M, Lisowska E. Evidence for glycosylation of the juvenile-hormone-binding protein from Galleria mellonella hemolymph. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 242:741-6. [PMID: 9022705 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0741r.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The juvenile-hormone-binding protein (JHBP) from Galleria mellonella hemolymph, which is a member of the high-affinity/low-molecular-mass group of JHBP proteins, was found to be glycosylated. Glycosylation was confirmed by the following evidence. Carbohydrate gas-liquid chromatography analysis of the purified JHBP preparations showed the presence of a low amount of sugars (Man and GlcNAc were the major components). The JHBP electrophoretic band blotted onto nitrocellulose was stained with GlycoTrack (a reagent kit used for the detection of protein glycosylation) and showed strong binding of concanavalin A (ConA). JHBP was fractionated on a ConA-Sepharose 4B column into ConA-bound (strongly stained with ConA) and ConA-unbound (hardly stained with ConA) portions. Both fractions showed juvenile-hormone-binding activity and were glycosylated, as revealed by staining both of them with GlycoTrack. Electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry of JHBP suggested the presence of a small amount of presumably nonglycosylated protein (24988 Da) and five glycoforms, two of which (containing Man2GlcNAc, or Man2Fuc1GlcNAc2 chain) were not bound or were weakly bound to ConA, and three (with Man3GlcNAc2, Man5Fuc1GlcNAc2, or Man5GlcNAc2, chain) were present in the fraction strongly bound to ConA. In conclusion, the monosugar composition, GlycoTrack staining, ConA-binding properties and molecular mass analyses of JHBP supplied convincing evidence for its glycosylation and some information on the character of the oligosaccharide chains.
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- M Duk
- Zaklad Immunochemii, Instytut Immunologii i Terapii Doswiadczalnej PAN im. Ludwika Hirszfelda, Wroclaw, Polska
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Kurata K, Nakamura M, Okuda T, Hirano H, Shinbo H. Purification and characterization of a juvenile hormone binding protein from hemolymph of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1994; 109:105-14. [PMID: 7842227 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(94)90147-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A juvenile hormone binding protein (JHBP) has been isolated from Bombyx mori hemolymph by gel filtration, ion-exchange chromatography, chromatofocusing and hydroxyapatite column chromatography. Gel electrophoresis indicates that the isolated protein is homogeneous in the presence or absence of a denaturing agent. The JHBP in question has a relative molecular mass of 32 kDa, determined by denaturing gel electrophoresis. Chromatofocusing analysis indicated that the JHBP is an acidic protein with pI 4.9. The protein exhibits a dissociation constant of 9.0 x 10(-8) M for JH I, 1.14 x 10(-7) M for JH II and 3.9 x 10(-7) M for JH III, and thus its affinity for JH analogues is in the order of JH I > JH II > JH III. Its amino acid composition indicates that the protein consists of 297 residues of 18 kinds of amino acids. The sequence of the N-terminus of the polypeptide chain was determined for 34 of the first 36 residues: Asp-Gln-Asp-Ala-Leu-Leu- Lys-Pro-?-Lys-Leu-Gly-Asp-Met-Gln-Ser-Leu-Ser-Ser-Ala-Thr-Gln-Gln-Phe-Le u-Glu- Lys-Thr-Ser-Lys-Gly-Ile-Pro-?-Tyr-His-.
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- K Kurata
- Department of Insect Physiology and Behavior, National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science, Ibaraki, Japan
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Prestwich GD, Touhara K, Riddiford LM, Hammock BD. Larva lights: a decade of photoaffinity labeling with juvenile hormone analogues. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 24:747-761. [PMID: 7981725 DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(94)90104-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The introduction of photoaffinity labeling into the mode of action of insect hormones and pheromones started 12 yr ago with the photoaffinity labeling of juvenile hormone binding proteins (JHBPs) from cockroaches in the laboratory of the late John K. Koeppe. Applying this technique to Manduca sexta led ultimately to a three-laboratory collaborative project that has begun to dissect the molecular basis for JH transport, metabolism, and nuclear binding and gene activation in Lepidoptera. This review provides (1) a history of the first experiments; (2) an idea of the breadth of the technique in the arthropod classes Insecta, Crustacea, and Arachnida; and (3) evidence for the depth of the technique in unearthing key details about three different types of the molecular action of JH in M. sexta.
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- G D Prestwich
- Department of Chemistry, University at Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
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Touhara K, Lerro KA, Bonning BC, Hammock BD, Prestwich GD. Ligand binding by a recombinant insect juvenile hormone binding protein. Biochemistry 1993; 32:2068-75. [PMID: 8448166 DOI: 10.1021/bi00059a026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A cDNA for the hemolymph juvenile hormone binding protein (JHBP) of larval Manduca sexta has been isolated, sequenced, and expressed in an insect cell line. A recombinant baculovirus, containing the JHBP cDNA fused to the p10 promoter of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus, was constructed. Insect cells (Sf9) infected with this virus secreted recombinant JHBP (rJHBP) into the medium (> 50 micrograms/mL), and cotranslational removal of an 18 amino acid leader sequence was observed. rJHBP was cross-reactive with an antiserum prepared to the hemolymph JHBP and was specifically labeled by [3H]EHDA, a photoaffinity analog of JH II, demonstrating that rJHBP was an isoform of the previously reported 32-kDa JHBP [Lerro, K. A., & Prestwich, G.D. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 19800-19806]. rJHBP was purified from insect cell medium to homogeneity by ion-exchange and gel-filtration chromatography. The purified rJHBP had a higher affinity (KD = 11 nM for JH I and KD = 42 nM for JH II) than that reported for crude hemolymph JHBP (KD = 80 nM for JH I). The circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of purified rJHBP indicated 34% alpha-helix and 23% beta-sheet. The CD spectra of rJHBP in the presence and absence of JH II were the same, indicating no change in secondary structure induced by ligand binding. Thus, the rJHBP expressed in insect cells binds JHs and is suitable for structural and functional analysis.
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- K Touhara
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-3400
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Trowell SC. High affinity juvenile hormone carrier proteins in the haemolymph of insects. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(92)90196-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA for the hemolymph juvenile hormone binding protein of larval Manduca sexta. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)45443-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Development and partial characterization of monoclonal antibodies to the hemolymph juvenile hormone binding protein of Manduca sexta. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(90)90073-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Couillaud F, Koopmanschap AB, De Kort CAD, Girardie A. Changes in binding of JH-III in hemolymph of adult femaleLocusta migratoria. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01945564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ozyhar A, Kochman M. Juvenile-hormone-binding protein from the hemolymph of Galleria mellonella (L). Isolation and characterization. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1987; 162:675-82. [PMID: 3830162 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1987.tb10690.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A juvenile-hormone-binding protein (JHBP) has been isolated from Galleria mellonella hemolymph by gel filtration, phosphocellulose chromatography, and by chromatofocusing. The isolated protein is homogeneous as judged by column chromatography and gel electrophoresis in the presence and absence of denaturing agent. It has a relative molecular mass of 32,000, Stokes radius 2.4 nm, sedimentation coefficient of 2.3 S, molar absorption coefficient at 280 nm epsilon = 2.34 X 10(4) M-1 cm-1, and is composed of a single polypeptide chain. Chromatofocusing analysis (pI 8.6) and isoelectric focusing (pI 8.1) indicate that the JHBP is an alkaline protein. Its amino acid composition and fluorescence absorption spectra indicate that the protein does not contain tryptophan residues. The protein exhibits one class of binding sites for juvenile hormone (JH), 0.8 per molecule, with the following dissociation constants: JH I, 8.5 X 10(-8) M; JH II, 7.2 X 10(-8) M; JH III, 47 X 10(-8) M. The JHBP binds (10R, 11S)-JH II enantiomer with 2.3-times higher affinity then (10S, 11R)-JH II enantiomer. The pH optimum of binding is 7.0.
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Ożyhar A, Kochman M. Generation of multiple molecular forms of juvenile hormone binding protein fromGalleria mellonella hemolymph. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01946421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Prestwich GD, Wawrzeńczyk C. High specific activity enantiomerically enriched juvenile hormones: synthesis and binding assay. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1985; 82:5290-4. [PMID: 3860862 PMCID: PMC390553 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.16.5290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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A stereoselective total synthesis of chiral juvenile hormone I is described that allows stoichiometric introduction of two tritium atoms in the final step. Both optical antipodes of the pivotal epoxy alcohol intermediate were prepared in 95% enantiomeric excess by the Sharpless epoxidation of a (Z)-allylic alcohol. Elaboration of the hydroxy-methyl group to a vinyl group followed by selective homogeneous tritiation affords optically active juvenile hormone I analogs at 58 Ci/mmol. Competitive binding of the labeled 10R, 11S and 10S,11R enantiomers with unlabeled enantiomers to the hemolymph binding protein of Manduca sexta larvae was determined by using a dextran-coated charcoal assay. The natural 10R,11S enantiomer has twice the relative binding affinity of the 10S,11R enantiomer. The availability of such high specific activity optically pure hormones will contribute substantially to the search for high-affinity receptors for juvenile hormones in the nuclei of cells. Moreover, the chiral 12-hydroxy-(10R,11S)-epoxy intermediate allows modification of juvenile hormone for solid-phase biochemical and radioimmunochemical work without altering either the biologically important carbomethoxy or epoxy recognition sites.
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Peterson RC. Purification and properties of the juvenile hormone carrier protein from the hemolymph of Manduca sexta. Methods Enzymol 1985; 111:482-7. [PMID: 3897780 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(85)11033-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Dillwith J, Mane S, Chippendale G. High affinity juvenile hormone binding protein of the haemolymph of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(85)90012-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Goodman WG. Relative hemolymph juvenile hormone binding capacity during larval, pupal and adult development in Manduca sexta. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(85)90115-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Juvenile hormone metabolism, binding and esterase activities in the haemolymph of the adult monarch butterfly (Danaus p. plexippus L.: Lepidoptera). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(84)90101-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Prestwich GD, Singh AK, Carvalho JF, K.K. Oeppe J, Kovalick GE, Chang ES. Photoaffinity labels for insect juvenile hormone binding proteins. Tetrahedron 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-4020(84)85058-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Juvenile hormone carrier protein of Manduca sexta haemolymph. Improved purification procedure; protein modification studies and sequence of the amino terminus of the protein. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(82)90051-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Turunen S, Chippendale G. Binding of juvenile hormone, methoprene and hydroprene to haemolymph proteins of larvae of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(81)90077-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Gilbert LI, Bollenbacher WE, Goodman W, Smith SL, Agui N, Granger N, Sedlak BJ. Hormones controlling insect metamorphosis. RECENT PROGRESS IN HORMONE RESEARCH 1980; 36:401-449. [PMID: 6251519 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-571136-4.50017-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Rudnicka M, Sehnal F, Jarolím V, Kochman M. Hydrolysis and binding of the juvenile hormone in the haemolymph of Galleria mellonella. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1979. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(79)90094-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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