A Comparative Analysis of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) β-fructofuranosidase Homologs Reveals Different Post-Translational Regulations in Glyphodes pyloalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

ABSTRACT: The silk-spinning and Lepidopteran model insect Bombyx mori (Bombycidae) is a mulberry specialist. The BmSuc1 gene is the first β-fructofuranosidase (β-FFase) encoding gene identified in animals, and β-FFase acts as an essential sucrase for glycometabolism modulation in the silkworm larvae, involved in resistance to mulberry alkaloids. Glyphodes pyloalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an important mulberry pest leading to heavy economic loss of sericulture. However, no molecular or biochemical information is available about G. pyloalis β-FFase homologs. In this study, five β-FFase homologous genes in G. pyloalis were obtained. The genes GpSuc1a and GpSuc2c were expressed in the midgut; GpSuc2c encodes a

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9143633 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature