Complete amino-acid sequences of two isocytochromes c of the housefly, Musca domestica L., and their developmental variation in different tissues.
The complete amino-acid sequences of two isocytochromes c (larval- and adult-type cytochromes c) purified from the housefly Musca domestica L. were determined. Their sequences differed at six positions from each other. More than 90% of the total cytochrome c was larval-type during larval stages. The amount of adult-type cytochrome c increased rapidly from 1 day before adult emergence, making the total cytochrome c content increase to approximately 2.5-times as much cytochrome c content as in larvae. Although the major cytochrome c species in flight muscles was adult-type, imaginal disks contained mainly larval-type cytochrome c.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006793:Houseflies / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007814:Larva / Q000378:metabolism; D008675:Metamorphosis, Biological; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D013045:Species Specificity; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D007527:Isoenzymes; D010446:Peptide Fragments