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Insect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation

mBio, 2019
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins are pore-forming insecticidal toxins with specificity against different crop pests and insect vectors of human diseases.
Blanca I. García-Gómez, Sayra N. Cano, Erika E. Zagal, Edgar Dantán-Gonzalez, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón   +5 more
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Influences of Microbial Symbionts on Chemoreception of Their Insect Hosts

Insects, 2023
Chemical communication is widespread among insects and exploited to adjust their behavior, such as food and habitat seeking and preferences, recruitment, defense, and mate attraction.
Zhengyan Wang, Zhenzhen Chang, Zhiyuan Liu, Shan Zhang   +3 more
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Proteomics and insect immunity [PDF]

Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2006
Insect innate immunity is both a model for vertebrate immunity as well as a key system that impactsmedically important pathogens that are transmitted by insects.
L Shi, SM Paskewitz
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Hunting for Insect-Specific Protein Domains

In Silico Biology: Journal of Biological Systems Modeling and Multi-Scale Simulation, 2006
Automatically finding new protein domains is a challenge when using the complete collection of known proteins (i.e., UniProt). By limiting the taxonomic range to class insecta, including two full proteomes (A. gambiae and D. melanogaster), we reduced the size of the search space in the hope of finding taxon-specific domains.
Daniel R. Matute, Emiliano Barreto-Hernandez, Laurent Falquet   +2 more
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Proteomic identification of Drosophila melanogaster male accessory gland proteins, including a pro-cathepsin and a soluble gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. [PDF]

, 2006
Background In Drosophila melanogaster, the male seminal fluid contains proteins that are important for reproductive success. Many of these proteins are synthesised by the male accessory glands and are secreted into the accessory gland lumen, where they ...
Shirras Alan D, Audsley, Neil, Rylett, Caroline M., Shirras, Alan D., Isaac R Elwyn, Keen Jeff N, Isaac, R. Elwyn, Walker, Michael J., Sajid Mohammed, Sajid, Mohammed, Audsley Neil, Walker Michael J, Keen, Jeffrey N., Rylett Caroline M   +13 more
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Recent Insights into Insect Olfactory Receptors and Odorant-Binding Proteins

, 2022
Human and insect olfaction share many general features, but insects differ from mammalian systems in important ways. Mammalian olfactory neurons share the same overlying fluid layer in the nose, and neuronal tuning entirely depends upon receptor ...
Smith, Dean P., Dean P. Smith, Ha, Tal Soo, Tal Soo Ha   +3 more
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Identification and Evaluations of Novel Insecticidal Proteins from Plants of the Class Polypodiopsida for Crop Protection against Key Lepidopteran Pests

Toxins, 2019
Various lepidopteran insects are responsible for major crop losses worldwide. Although crop plant varieties developed to express Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins are effective at controlling damage from key lepidopteran pests, some insect populations
Lu Liu, Eric Schepers, Amy Lum, Janet Rice, Nasser Yalpani, Ryan Gerber, Nuria Jiménez-Juárez, Fikru Haile, Alejandra Pascual, Jennifer Barry, Xiuli Qi, Adane Kassa, Matthew J. Heckert, Weiping Xie, Changkui Ding, Jarred Oral, Minh Nguyen, James Le, Lisa Procyk, Scott H. Diehn, Virginia C. Crane, Howard Damude, Carol Pilcher, Russ Booth, Lu Liu, Genhai Zhu, Timothy M. Nowatzki, Mark E. Nelson, Albert L. Lu, Gusui Wu   +29 more
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Adjuvant-free immunization with hemagglutinin-Fc fusion proteins as an approach to influenza vaccines [PDF]

, 2011
The hemagglutinins (HAs) of human H1 and H3 influenza viruses and avian H5 influenza virus were produced as recombinant fusion proteins with the human immunoglobulin Fc domain.
Temperton, Nigel J., Ian M. Jones, Christopher R. Bailey, Eleonora Molesti, Ren, Junyuan, Jones, Ian M., Temperton, Nigel J, Silvia Loureiro, Pongsathon Phapugrangkul, Junyuan Ren, Wendy S. Barclay, Camilo A. Colaco, Molesti, Eleonora, Barclay, Wendy S., Shelton, Holly, Colaco, Camilo A, Phapugrangkul, Pongsathon, Nigel J. Temperton, Loureiro, Silvia, Barclay, Wendy S, Bailey, Christopher R, Holly Shelton, Jones, Ian, Colaco, Camilo A., Bailey, Christopher R.   +24 more
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Transcriptomics reveal the molecular underpinnings of chemosensory proteins in Chlorops oryzae

BMC Genomics, 2018
Background Chemosensory proteins are a family of insect-specific chemical sensors that sense specific chemical cues and regulate insect behavior.
Lin Qiu, Shunjie Tao, Hualiang He, Wenbing Ding, Youzhi Li   +4 more
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pH‐mediated activation of the lysosomal arginine sensor SLC38A9

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Cells monitor nutrient levels via the lysosomal transporter SLC38A9 to activate the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). This study reveals that SLC38A9 function is regulated by pH. We identified histidine 544 as a critical pH sensor that undergoes conformational changes to control amino acid efflux from lysosomes; therefore, it ...
Xuelang Mu, Ampon Sae Her, Tamir Gonen
wiley   +1 more source