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Honeybee biology and functionality investigation of main bee products

ABSTRACT: Decipher molecular mechanism underpinning important honeybee biology such as royal jelly production using proteomics, genomics and gene editing protocols

ORGANISM(S): Apis Mellifera

SUBMITTER: Jinake Li

PROVIDER: PXD019657 | iProX | Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 BST 2020

REPOSITORIES: iProX

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Mechanistic Insight into Royal Protein Inhibiting the Gram-Positive Bacteria.

Feng Mao M Fang Yu Y Ma Chuan C Duan Xiangyuan X Zhang Yanyan Y Han Bin B Hu Han H Meng Lifeng L Wang Fuyi F Li Jianke J

Biomolecules 20210106 1

Royal jelly (RJ), a natural honeybee product, has a wide range of antibacterial activities. N-glycosylated major royal jelly protein 2 (N-MRJP2), purified from RJ, can inhibit the growth of <i>Paenibacillus larvae</i> (<i>P. larvae</i>, Gram-positive), a contagious etiological agent of the American foulbrood disease of honeybees. However, the inhibitory mechanism is largely unknown. Antibacterial assay and membrane proteome were conducted to investigate the inhibition capacity of RJ from differe ...[more]

PMID: 33418906

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