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Cloning and RNAi-mediated functional characterization of MaLac2 of the pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus.
Insect molecular biology - 1 Jun 2008
Niu B-L, Shen W-F, Liu Y, Weng H-B, He L-H, Mu J-J, Wu Z-L, Jiang P, Tao Y-Z, Meng Z-Q
Abstract excerpt
Laccase, a member of a group of proteins collectively known as multicopper oxidases, is hypothesized to play an important role in insect cuticle sclerotization by oxidizing catechols in the cuticle to their corresponding quinones, which then catalyze protein cross-linking reactions. Laccase 2 has been proved as the gene required for beetle cuticle tanning through RNA interference (RNAi) experiments on red flour...
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