[Isoenzymatic characterization of the hexokinase in the development of Plebeia droryana (Hymenoptera, Apidae) and its relation with flight activity].
Hexokinase enzyme was studied by means of starch-agarose gel electrophoresis in Plebeia droryana. Three anodal bands with enzyme activity were observed during the development: hexokinase-1 (HK-1), the intensity of which increases from larvae to adult, probably related with energy supply to thoracic flight muscles and, therefore, with flight activity; hexokinase-2 (HK-2), that reaches maximum intensity in clear brown eyed pupae and hexokinase-3 (HK-3), the intensity of which reaches maximum peak in winged pupae and is not observed in the adult phase. This isozyme should have important functions in the bee metamorphosis.
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Departmento de Genética e Matemática Aplicada à Biologia, Brasil.
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D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D006593:Hexokinase / Q000032:analysis*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D007814:Larva / Q000201:enzymology
D007527:Isoenzymes; D006593:Hexokinase
Caracterização isoenzimática da hexoquinase no desenvolvimento de Plebeia droryana (Hymenoptera, Apidae) e sua relação com a atividade de vôo.