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Tavares,Mara Garcia; Azeredo-Oliveira,Maria Tercilia Vilela de; Ceron,Carlos Roberto. |
We examined the esterases present in the hemolymph and Malpighian tubules of "Kissing bug", Triatoma infestans (Triatominae, Heteroptera) by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Six esterase bands were observed and were designated EST 1 to EST 6. EST 1, 4, 5 and 6 were exclusive to hemolymph, whereas EST 2 and 3 were found only in Malpighian tubules. Each tissue had a characteristic esterase pattern, which may be related to its functional role. The four hemolymph esterases hydrolyzed a-naphthyl acetate. One of these enzymes was classified as a carboxylesterase (EST 4), and another was an acetylesterase (EST 6). The other two enzymes (EST 1 and 5) could be either carboxylesterases or serino-proteases with an esterolytic function, as they were selectively... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000400009 |
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Mateus,Rogério Pincela; Cabral,Hamilton; Bonilla-Rodriguez,Gustavo Orlando; Ceron,Carlos Roberto. |
A method that allows the measure of molecular weight of two well-known and closely related esterases from Drosophila mojavensis and its sibling species, D. arizonae, is here described, using native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis at several concentrations, applying Fergunson´s principles. These enzymes, namely EST-4 and EST-5, presented molecular weight values between 81 and 91 kDa. In spite of their distinct expression pattern through the insect's life cycle, they showed properties of isoenzymes codified by distinct structural genes, supporting the hypothesis of a rather recent gene duplication event that generated both in D. mojavensis and D. arizonae, as well as in other species of repleta group. The method is simple and adequate to be applied to... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Esterases; Isoenzymes; Molecular weight determination; Drosophila mojavensis; Drosophila arizonae; PAGE. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000500004 |
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