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| Kawakami,Hiroko; Goto,Shin G.; Murata,Kazuya; Matsuda,Hideaki; Shigeri,Yasushi; Imura,Tomohiro; Inagaki,Hidetoshi; Shinada,Tetsuro. |
| Abstract Background Mass spectrometry-guided venom peptide profiling is a powerful tool to explore novel substances from venomous animals in a highly sensitive manner. In this study, this peptide profiling approach is successfully applied to explore the venom peptides of a Japanese solitary carpenter bee, Xylocopa appendiculata (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae: Anthophila: Xylocopinae: Xylocopini). Although interesting biological effects of the crude venom of carpenter bees have been reported, the structure and biological function of the venom peptides have not been elucidated yet. Methods The venom peptide profiling of the crude venom of X. appendiculata was performed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectroscopy. The... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Xylocopa appendiculata; Carpenter bee; Venom peptides; Solitary bee; Mass spectrometry analysis. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992017000100312 |
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