Regulation of amylase activity in Drosophila melanogaster: variation in the number of enzyme molecules produced by different amylase genotypes.
Purified amylases from high- and low-activity variants of Drosophila melanogaster showed identical specific activities. Immunoelectrophoresis of crude larval homogenates showed severalfold differences between strains in the amounts of cross-reacting material. Control of amylase activity is "trans"-acting in heterozygotes between high- and low-activity variants. These results suggest the existence of polymorphic regulatory genes affecting the production levels of amylase protein in D. melanogaster.
D000681:Amylases / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D007814:Larva / Q000201:enzymology
D000681:Amylases