title: Isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone coding for a glutathione S-transferase class delta enzyme from the biting midge Culicoides variipennis sonorensis Wirth and Jones.
abstract: Culicoides variipennis sonorensis is the primary vector of bluetongue viruses in North America. Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are enzymes that catalyze nucleophilic substitutions, converting reactive lipophilic molecules into soluble conjugates. Increased GST activity is associated with development of insecticide resistance. Described here is the isolation of the first cDNA encoding a C. variipennis GST. The clone consists of 720 translated bases encoding a protein with a M(r) of approximately 24,800 composed of 219 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence is similar (64%-74%) to class Delta (previously named Theta) GSTs from the dipteran genera Musca, Drosophila, Lucilia and Anopheles. The cDNA was subcloned into pET-11b, expressed in Epicurian coli BL21 (DE3) and has a specific activity of approximately 28,000 units/mg for the substrate 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene.
authors: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Abdallah
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Pollenz
authors: F N
authors: FN
authors: Droog
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Nunamaker
authors: W J
authors: WJ
authors: Tabachnick
authors: K E
authors: KE
authors: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D019476:Insect Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019476:Insect Proteins; C424664:cvgst1 protein, Culicoides variipennis sonorensis; D005982:Glutathione Transferase