Honeybee venom proteome profile of queens and winter bees as determined by a mass spectrometric approach.

ABSTRACT: Venoms of invertebrates contain an enormous diversity of proteins, peptides, and other classes of substances. Insect venoms are characterized by a large interspecific variation resulting in extended lists of venom compounds. The venom composition of several hymenopterans also shows different intraspecific variation. For instance, venom from different honeybee castes, more specifically queens and workers, shows quantitative and qualitative variation, while the environment, like seasonal changes, also proves to be an important factor. The present study aimed at an in-depth analysis of the intraspecific variation in the honeybee venom proteome. In summer workers, the recent list of venom proteins resulted from merging combinatorial peptide ligand library sample pretreatment and targeted tande

SUBMITTER: Danneels EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4663515 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature