Journal
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 3427-3434Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1114-6
Keywords
Silkworm; Peritrophic membrane; Shotgun; Proteomics
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- National Basic Research Program
- Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation of China [Y3110058]
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The insect peritrophic membrane (PM), separating midgut epithelium and intestinal contents, is protective lining for the epithelium and plays the important role in absorption of nutrients, and also is the first barrier to the pathogens ingested through oral feeding. In order to understand the biological function of silkworm larval PM, shotgun liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) approach was applied to investigate its protein composition. Total 47 proteins were identified, of which 51.1% of the proteins had the isoelectric point (pI) within the range of 5-7, and 53.2% had molecular weights within the range 15-45 kDa. Most of them were found to be closely related to larval nutrients metabolism and innate immunity. Furthermore, these identified proteins were annotated according to Gene Ontology Annotation in terms of molecular function, biological process and cell localization. Most of the proteins had catalytic activity, binding activity and transport function. The knowledge obtained from this study will favour us to well understand the role of larval PM in larval physiological activities, and also help us to find the potential target and design better biopesticides to control pest, particularly the Lepidoptera insect.
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