title: GENDER INFLUENCES DIFFERENTIATION OF CHITIN AMONG BODY PARTS.
abstract: Earlier reports have established that chitin isolates from each body part of an insect cuticle can exhibit diverse physicochemical properties. But it is still unknown if the gender of the insect can influence characteristics of chitin isolates from different body parts. The present study addresses this question. As a result, important physicochemical differences in the chitin samples from different body parts of Melolontha sp. were recorded on the basis of sex. The chitin samples were extracted from eight different body parts (antennae, head, eyes, thorax, abdomen, elytra, hindwings, and legs) of female and male. The most remarkable variations in the chitin isolates from female and male body parts were recorded in chitin content, crystallinity, thermal stability, and surface morphology. And also it was wondered these chitin isolates from different body parts of female and male could find different applications. To check this hypothesis, the chitin samples from female and male were interacted with bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein and important variations were observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey. muratkaya3806@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bulut
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mujtaba
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey.|Department of Biology, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Karolis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sivickis
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: Idris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sargin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akyuz
authors.affiliation: Fisheries Programme, Keşan Vocational College, Trakya University, Keşan, Edirne, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erdogan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002686:Chitin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D002686:Chitin
keywords: albumin; biopolymer; characterization; extraction; protein adsorption