title: Identification and molecular cloning of putative odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory protein from the bethylid wasp, Scleroderma guani Xiao et Wu.
abstract: Two putative odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) and one putative chemosensory protein (CSP) from females of the ant-like bethylid wasp, Scleroderma guani Xiao et Wu (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), were identified and cloned. The putative OBPs and CSP were identified by nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (native-PAGE). 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (3'RACE) was performed to obtain the sequences of the mature proteins by using degenerate primers designed from N-terminal sequences. Gene-specific primers for 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (5'RACE) were designed according to 3'RACE results and used in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to obtain full-length sequences. The proteins (Sgua-OBP1, Sgua-OBP2, and Sgua-CSP1) encode 133, 142, and 129 amino acid-deduced sequences, respectively. Prediction of signal peptide sequences matches the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the isolated proteins. Database searches suggest that the Sgua-OBP1 and Sgua-OBP2 are homologs of OBPs from other insects, and Sgua-CSP1 shares a high level of identity with previously described CSPs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.
authors.forename: Daguang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiangrui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiaoxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qingwen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009812:Odorants; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014863:Wasps / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019476:Insect Proteins