The UDP-glucosyltransferase multigene family in Bombyx mori.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Glucosidation plays a major role in the inactivation and excretion of a great variety of both endogenous and exogenous compounds. A class of UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) is involved in this process. Insect UGTs play important roles in several processes, including detoxication of substrates such as plant allelochemicals, cuticle formation, pigmentation, and olfaction. Identification and characterization of Bombyx mori UGT genes could provide valuable basic information for this important family and explain the detoxication mechanism and other processes in insects.

Results

Taking advantage of the newly assembled genome sequence, we performed a genome-wide analysis of the candidate UGT family in the silkworm, B. mori. Based on UGT signature and their similarity to

SUBMITTER: Huang FF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2633020 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature