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PIGMENT CELL RESEARCH
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 136-143Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00217.x
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hemocyanin; cuticle; phenoloxidase; crustacean; melanin
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We investigated the enzymatic properties and immunohistochemical localization of cuticular hemocyanin, a known oxygen transporter in the prawn Penaeus japonicus. The molecular weight of hemocyanin purified from the cuticle was estimated to be 67-77 k using SDS-PAGE, and the purified protein was effectively converted into a phenoloxidase-like enzyme by an SDS-treatment. The activated enzyme catalyzed the o-hydroxylation of monophenols and the oxidation of o-diphenols and was inhibited by typical inhibitors of phenoloxidase. These characteristics were nearly identical to the enzymatic properties of hemolymph hemocyanin. Immunological detection showed a diffuse distribution of hemocyanin over the exocuticle and endocuticle, and a higher signal level was observed in the latter. Based on these results, roles of hemocyanin in various physiological processes such as immune response and sclerotization of the cuticle were discussed.
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