TY  - JOUR
T1  - Cloning and Sequence Analysis of Bombyxin G Gene from Silkworm <I>Bomby mori</I> Larvae
AU - , Zhaohui Gong AU - , Yanping Le AU - , Junming Guo AU - , Qiong Liu 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
SP  - 315
EP  - 318
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2007.315.318
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2007.315.318
KW  - Bombyxin
KW  -insulin
KW  -Bombyx mori
KW  -gene family
AB  - Bombyxin is an insulin-related peptide synthesized in the brain of the silkworm <I>Bombyx mori</I>. Here we cloned a new member of bombyxin gene family (named G gene) from the Chinese-race silkworm larvae. The Open Reading Frame (ORF) of G gene encodes a precursor molecule which consists of four domains in the order of signal peptide, B chain, C-peptide and A chain and shares 99% sequence identity with bombyxin previously characterized. The result of protein prediction demonstrates that there are 45.6% of  -helix, 10.0% of extend strand, 4.4% of  -turn and 40.0% of random coil in the secondary structures. Whereas the natural function in insect biology of this newly cloned bombyxin G protein need to be further investigated.
ER  -