title: Cathepsin D-like aspartic proteinase occurring in a maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, as a candidate digestive enzyme.
abstract: The maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, is an insect pest infesting rice and corn seeds. We identified an aspartic proteinase (AP) digesting rice glutelin in the alimentary tract of S. zeamais. The mRNA encoding the AP (SAP1) was expressed in the larvae foregut and in the adult midgut. These results indicate that SAP1 is probably digestive enzyme of S. zeamais.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Tomiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asakura
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohmori
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002402:Cathepsin D / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D004064:Digestive System / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D048889:Weevils / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D002402:Cathepsin D