Structure of a D-protein gene and amino-acid sequences of the highly repetitive D-proteins secreted by the accessory glands of the mealworm beetle.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 1996/4/16;1293(2):171-6.
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PMID: 8620026
Abstract
The D-group proteins form the major component of the proteinaceous secretion of the tubular accessory glands of the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor. In a previous paper, we reported the sequence of two D-protein cDNAs and their inferred translation products. Both proteins contain three highly repetitive domains (A, A' and B). In this paper, we present the cDNA-inferred sequences of 8 more D-proteins, none of which contains an A' domain. We also present the structure of a D-protein gene. Southern analysis suggests that genes coding for an A' domain are relatively rare. Genes with a total of 7 or 8 (A + B domain) repeats seem most common.
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Blotting, Southern; Cloning, Molecular; DNA Primers; DNA Probes; DNA, Complementary; Genes, Insect; Insect Proteins; Molecular Sequence Data; Proteins; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Tenebrio
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