Purification and sequence determination of a yellow protein from sexually mature males of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Final steps in juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

“…In females, it has been implicated in patency and induction of vitellogenin biosynthesis by the fat body (Sevala et al, 1995;Verlinden et al, 2009;Wyatt et al, 1996). In males, JH enhances spermatogenesis and pheromone biosynthesis and appears to be involved in the induction of yellow colouration of sexually mature crowded locusts (Jones, 1978;Pener, 1991;Tawfik et al, 2000;Wybrandt and Andersen, 2001). A peak level of SgJHAMT and SgCYP15A1 was found in day 10 male adults.…”

Microarray‐based survey of a subset of putative olfactory genes in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae

“…These proteins have two characteristic cysteines in the amino‐terminal part, which are also found in the juvenile hormone carrier protein of lepidopterans (Touhara et al ., 1993; Palli et al ., 1994; Wojtasek & Prestwich, 1995). The cDNA clone F41 (sequence unpublished) was identified in the original antennal cDNA libraries (Biessmann et al ., 2002), and the encoded protein showed homology to a beta carotene‐binding protein from locusts (Wybrand & Andersen, 2001). These proteins have sequence similarity to takeout‐related proteins and are also classified as OBPs in the A. gambiae genome annotation.…”

Antennal expressed genes of the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti L.); characterization of odorant-binding protein 10 and takeout

“…We have named Aaeg-TO based on its sequence similarity to and common topology with Dmel-TO (D. melanogaster Takeout; So et al, 2000). The highest scoring (BlastP) non-dipteran sequences included the presumptive Juvenile Hormone Binding Proteins (JHBP) of the honeybee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera; AAU84701, e-value ¼ À27) and the moth Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera; AY231292, e-value ¼ À12;), and a beta-carotene binding protein from the locust Shistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera; P82886, e-value ¼ À5; Wybrandt and Andersen, 2001). An alignment (Fig.…”