Title
Molecular cloning, expression, purification, and functional characterization of SP-22 gene from Bombyx mori
Date Issued
01 September 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Salah Eldein E.
Abdalla M.
Eltayb W.A.
El-Arabey A.A.
Ganash M.
Alshammari F.D.
Ashraf G.M.
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Publisher(s)
Wiley-Liss Inc.
Abstract
Serine protease (SPs) is one of the immune enzyme's molecules that play a main role in the variation of a physiological process by controlling protease actions in vertebrates. For example, signaling cells, protector and improvement, which are included in melanization, are utilized to cascade with the meddling pathogens and defense the harmed tissue in insects. In this study, we explore the biochemical process of (SP-22) from Bombyx mori. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) discloses that BmSP-22 is expressed in all tissues including the fat body. The formative expression profile of BmSP-22 reveal that BmSP-22 messenger RNA is expressed constitutively in larvae. Injection of recombinant BmSP-22 into B. mori larvae reduces significantly the transcript levels of antimicrobial peptides in the fat body. Our results suggest that BmSP-22 plays an important role in the innate immunity of B. mori and possibly in other insects.
Start page
15594
End page
15603
Volume
120
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85069481546
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
ISSN of the container
07302312
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus