title: A novel cytochrome P450 gene (CYP4G25) of the silkmoth Antheraea yamamai: cloning and expression pattern in pharate first instar larvae in relation to diapause.
abstract: A new cytochrome P450 gene, CYP4G25, was identified as a differentially expressed gene between the diapausing and post-diapausing pharate first instar larvae of the wild silkmoth Antheraea yamamai, using subtractive cDNA hybridization. The cDNA sequence of CYP4G25 has an open reading frame of 1674 nucleotides encoding 557 amino acid residues. Sequence analysis of the putative CYP4G25 protein disclosed the motif FXXGXRXCXG that is essential for heme binding in P450 cytochromes. Hybridization in situ demonstrated predominant expression of CYP4G25 in the integument of pharate first instar larvae. Northern blotting analysis showed an intensive signal after the initiation of diapause and no or weak expression throughout the periods of pre-diapause and post-diapause, including larval development. These results indicate that CYP4G25 is strongly associated with diapause in pharate first instar larvae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agro-Bioscience, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka 020-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuwano
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D007814:Larva / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System