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Hiroko Tabunoki1, Satoshi Higurashi, Osamu Ninagi, Hiroshi Fujii, Yutaka Banno, Masashi Nozaki, Mika Kitajima, Nami Miura, Shogo Atsumi, Kozo Tsuchida, Hideaki Maekawa, Ryoichi Sato.
Abstract
We examined the role of carotenoid-binding protein (CBP) in yellow cocoon pigmentation. First, using yellow or white cocoon races, we investigated the linkage between the yellow pigmentation and CBP expression. CBP was expressed only in the silk gland of the yellow cocoon races, which utilize carotenoids for cocoon pigmentation. Furthermore, CBP expression in the silk glands of day 1-7 fifth instar larvae matched the period of carotenoid uptake into the silk gland. Finally, we gave double-stranded CBP RNA to Bombyx mori (B. mori) larvae to induce RNA interference. The significantly reduced expression of CBP in the silk gland of fifth instar larva was confirmed on day 4 and a decrease in yellow pigmentation was observed in the cocoon. We showed that CBP plays a key role in the yellow cocoon pigmentation caused by carotenoids.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15178318 DOI： 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.04.067
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN： 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124