Molecular cloning and analysis of the tryptophan oxygenase gene in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

ABSTRACT: A Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) gene encoding tryptophan oxygenase has been molecularly cloned and analyzed. The tryptophan oxygenase cDNA had 1374 nucleotides that encoded a 401 amino acid protein with an estimated molecular mass of 46.47 kDa and a PI of 5.88. RT-PCR analysis showed that the B. mori tryptophan oxygenase gene was transcribed in all examined stages. Tryptophan oxygenase proteins are relatively well conserved among different orders of arthropods.

SUBMITTER: Yan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3062493 | biostudies-literature | 2008

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature