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ArticlePloS one2012

A cytochrome p450 conserved in insects is involved in cuticle formation.

Tamar Sztal, Henry Chung, Silke Berger, Peter D Currie, Philip Batterham, Phillip J Daborn

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tamar SztalDepartment of Genetics, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. tamar.sztal@monash.edu
Henry Chung
Silke Berger
Peter D Currie
Philip Batterham
Phillip J Daborn
University of Melbourne · AUAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AUMonash University · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sequencing of numerous insect genomes has revealed dynamic changes in the number and identity of cytochrome P450 genes in different insects. In the evolutionary sense, the rapid birth and death of many P450 genes is observed, with only a small number of P450 genes showing orthology between insects with sequenced genomes. It is likely that these conserved P450s function in conserved pathways. In this study, we demonstrate the P450 gene, Cyp301a1, present in all insect genomes sequenced to date, affects the formation of the adult cuticle in Drosophila melanogaster. A Cyp301a1 piggyBac insertion mutant and RNAi of Cyp301a1 both show a similar cuticle malformation phenotype, which can be reduced by 20-hydroxyecdysone, suggesting that Cyp301a1 is an important gene involved in the formation of the adult cuticle and may be involved in ecdysone regulation in this tissue.

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Conserved SequenceAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEcdysteroneEpidermisEvolution, MolecularFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockdown TechniquesGenome, InsectMaleMutagenesis, InsertionalCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemDIB protein, DrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEcdysterone

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PMID22574182
PMCPMC3344891
OpenAlexW1985685809

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