Peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP) from eri-silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini;: protein purification and induction of the gene expression
Peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP) from eri-silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini;: protein purification and induction of the gene expression
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.03.005
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发表时间:
2007-07-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Morishima, Isao
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作者:
Onoe, Hiroko;Matsumoto, Akiyoshi;Morishima, Isao
Peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP) was isolated from immunized hemolymph of the wild silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini, detecting the biding activity with I-125-labeled peptidoglycan (PGN). The binding specificity of PGRP was tested by competitive inhibition of the binding to I-125-labeled-PGN by a large excess amount of non-labeled-PGN or other glucans. The binding to labeled uncross-linked Lys-type PGN from Micrococcus luteus was strongly inhibited by non-labeled-PGN of the same structure and meso-diaminopimelic acid (DAP)-type cross-linked PGN from Bacillus cell wall, but only a little by cross-linked PGN from M. luteus cell wall. The PGRP cDNA encodes a 193 amino acid open reading frame. The deduced amino acid sequence had 62 to 91% identities to known lepidopteran PGRPs, but less than 40% to Drosophila PGRPs. The PGRP gene constitutively expressed at a low level in naive fat body, and strongly induced by an injection of DAP-type cross-linked and Lys-type uncross-linked PGNs, but only weakly by Lys-type cross-linked PGN from M. luteus. The silkworm possibly distinguish between PGNs based on the structure of cross-linking peptide, but has less if any preference for the diamino acid residue of the stem peptide. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.