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A Venom Gland Extracellular Chitin-Binding-Like Protein from Pupal Endoparasitoid Wasps, Pteromalus Puparum, Selectively Binds Chitin.

Yu Zhu, Xin-Hai Ye, Yang Liu, Zhi-Chao Yan, David Stanley, Gong-Yin Ye, Qi Fang

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Article in Toxins, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yu ZhuState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. yuzhu@zju.edu.cn.
Xin-Hai YeThe College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. yexinhai1204@hotmail.com.
Yang LiuState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. sammie90@126.com.
Zhi-Chao YanState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. yan_zc@126.com.
David StanleyBiological Control of Insects Research Laboratory, USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Columbia, MO 65203, USA. stanleyd@missouri.edu.
Gong-Yin YeState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. chu@zju.edu.cn.
Qi FangState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. fangqi@zju.edu.cn.
Zhejiang University · CNState Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyAgricultural Research Service · USSouth China Agricultural University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitin-binding proteins (CBPs) are present in many species and they act in a variety of biological processes. We analyzed a Pteromalus puparum venom apparatus proteome and transcriptome and identified a partial gene encoding a possible CBP. Here, we report cloning a full-length cDNA of a sequence encoding a chitin-binding-like protein (PpCBP) from P. puparum, a pupal endoparasitoid of Pieris rapae. The cDNA encoded a 96-amino-acid protein, including a secretory signal peptide and a chitin-binding peritrophin-A domain. Phylogenetic analysis of chitin binding domains (CBDs) of cuticle proteins and peritrophic matrix proteins in selected insects revealed that the CBD of PpCBP clustered with the CBD of Nasonia vitripennis. The PpCBP is specifically expressed in the venom apparatus of P. puparum, mostly in the venom gland. PpCBP expression was highest at day one after adult eclosion and much lower for the following five days. We produced a recombinant PpCBP and binding assays showed the recombinant protein selectively binds chitin but not cellulose in vitro. We infer that PpCBP serves a structural role in the venom reservoir, or may be injected into the host to help wound healing of the host exoskeleton.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCarrier ProteinsCelluloseChitinCloning, MolecularDNA, ComplementaryExocrine GlandsInsect ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataPupaSequence Analysis, DNAWaspsWasp VenomsCarrier ProteinsCelluloseChitinDNA, ComplementaryInsect ProteinsWasp Venomschitin binding proteinparasitoidvenom apparatusvenom proteins

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PMID26633500
PMCPMC4690117
OpenAlexW2172448971

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