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ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 98, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/arch.21457
Keywords
activated; intermediate; prophenoloxidase
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31472043, 31672360]
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Insect prophenoloxidase (PPO) induces melanization around pathogens. Before melanization, PPO is cleaved into phenoloxidase (PO) by serine proteases. Insect PPO can also be activated by exogenous proteases secreted by pathogens as well as by other compounds, such as ethanol and cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC). However, the effect of these activators on the activity of PO is unclear. In this study, the insect endogenous serine protease AMM1, alpha-chymotrypsin. and ethanol were used to activate recombinant Drosophila PPO1 (rPPO1), and the PO activity differed depending on the activator applied. The PO-induced intermediates during melanization also varied markedly in their numbers and abundances. Therefore, this study indicates that the mechanism of PPO activation influences PO activity. It also suggests that PO-induced different intermediates may affect the antibacterial activity during melanization due to their toxicity.
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