A novel sucrose hydrolase from the bombycoid silkworms Bombyx mori, Trilocha varians, and Samia cynthia ricini with a substrate specificity for sucrose.
A novel sucrose hydrolase from the bombycoid silkworms Bombyx mori, Trilocha varians, and Samia cynthia ricini with a substrate specificity for sucrose.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.04.005
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发表时间:
2015-06
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3.8
通讯作者:
Huabing Wang;T. Kiuchi;S. Katsuma;T. Shimada
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作者:
Huabing Wang;T. Kiuchi;S. Katsuma;T. Shimada
Although membrane-associated sucrase activity has been detected in the midgut of various lepidopteran species, it has not yet been identified and characterized at the molecular level. In the present study, we identified a novel sucrose hydrolase (SUH) gene from the following three bombycoid silkworms: Bombyx mori,Trilocha varians, andSamia cynthiariciniand named themBmSuh,TvSuh, andScSuh, respectively. The EST dataset showed thatBmSuhis one of the major glycoside hydrolase genes in the larval midgut ofB. mori. These genes were almost exclusively expressed in the larval midgut in all three species, mainly at the feeding stage. SUHs are classified into the glycoside hydrolase family 13 and show significant homology to insect maltases. Enzymatic assays revealed that recombinant SUHs were distinct from conventional maltases and exhibited substrate specificity for sucrose. The recombinant BmSUH was less sensitive to sugar-mimic alkaloids than TvSUH and ScSUH, which may explain the reason why the sucrase activity in theB. morimidgut was less affected by the sugar-mimic alkaloids derived from mulberry.