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Purification and characterization of coacervate-forming cuticular proteins from Papilio xuthus pupae.
Zoological science - 1 Jul 2013
Yamanaka Masahiro, Ishizaki Yumi, Nakagawa Taro, Taoka Azuma, Fukumori Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
The Papilio xuthus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) pupa expresses novel soluble proteins that undergo reversible temperature-dependent coacervate-formation. We purified two coacervate-forming proteins, PX-1 and PX-4, from the wings of pharate adults. PX-1 and PX-4 form coacervates upon warming. Transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that these proteins assemble ordered bead-like ultrastructures. We cloned...
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