Cloning and characterization analysis of the genes encoding precursor of mast cell degranulating peptide from 2 honeybee and 3 wasp species.
The precursors of mast cell degranulating peptide (MCDP) genes were amplified by RT-PCR from the total RNA of venom gland of two honeybee species, Apis mellifera ligustica, Apis cerana cerana, and three wasp species, Vespa magnifica, Vespa velutina nigrothorax and Polistes hebraeus, respectively. Their PCR products were ligated into pGEM T-easy vector and the nucleotide sequences were analyzed. The length of five fragments was the same, it was 341 bp containing an ORF of 153 bp coding the precursor of MCDP and 188 bp 3' noncoding region. They have more than 90% homologues with each other in nucleotide sequences. The precursors of MCDP of A. cerana cerana, V. magnifica, V. velutina nigrothorax and P. hebraeus shared 96%, 100%, 94% and 98% homology with A. mellifera ligustica, respectively. The two species of wasps, V. magnifica and V. velutina nigrothorax, contained the same MCDP as A. mellifera ligustica, though they belong to different families with quite different biological properties, while A. cerana cerana contained the different MCDP in their venom as A. mellifera ligustica though they belong to the same genus. The fifth amino acid residue of MCDP in A. cerana cerana and P. hebraeus is arginine, replacing the cysteine, an important disulfide bridges element, in the position as in A. mellifera ligustica.
Institute of Applied Entomology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China. zhangsufang@fescomail.net
Su-Fang
SF
Zhang
Wan-Jun
WJ
Shi
Jia-An
JA
Cheng
Chuan-Xi
CX
Zhang
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001516:Bees / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014863:Wasps / Q000235:genetics*
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010455:Peptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; C008331:mast cell degranulating peptide