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Kosuke Fujita1, Kumiko Shimomura, Kei-Ichiro Yamamoto, Tetsuro Yamashita, Koichi Suzuki.
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Two proteins (APAP I and II) of the glycoside hydrolase family 48 (Family GH48) were isolated from the active adults of the leaf beetle Gastrophysa atrocyanea. Full-length and cDNAs were sequenced. APAP I expression and function were examined in detail. The protein has a chitinase but not a glucanase and cellobiohydrolase activity. It is expressed in the feeding stages, including beetles whose diapause was terminated with a juvenile hormone agonist. Suppression of the APAP I expression by means of RNA interference prevented the hormonal termination of diapause.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16684504 DOI： 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.126
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN： 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575