A family of major royal jelly proteins of the honeybee Apis mellifera L

The characterization of major proteins of honeybee larval jelly (49-87 kDa) was performed by the sequencing of new complementary DNAs (cDNAs) obtained from a honeybee head cDNA library, by the determination of N-terminal sequences of the proteins, and by analyses of the newly obtained and known sequ...

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Published inCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS Vol. 54; no. 9; pp. 1020 - 1030
Main Authors Schmitzova, J. (Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Bratislava, Slovakia.), Klaudiny, J, Albert, S, Schroder, W, Schreckengost, W, Hanes, J, Judova, J, Simuth, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer Nature B.V 01.09.1998
Birkhäuser-Verlag
Subjects
AMINO ACID COMPOSITION
Amino Acid Sequence
AMINO ACID SEQUENCES
Amino acids
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
ANIMAL PROTEINS
Animals
Apidae
Apis mellifera
APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA
Base Sequence
Bees
Bees - genetics
Bees - metabolism
BIOCHEMICAL POLYMORPHISM
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COMPLEMENTARY DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
DNA, Complementary - genetics
GENBANK/AF000632
GENBANK/AF000633
Genes, Insect
HEAD
Insect Proteins - analysis
Insect Proteins - genetics
Insect Proteins - metabolism
MESSENGER RNA
MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA
MOLECULAR WEIGHT
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE
NURSE HONEY BEES
Polymorphism
PROTEINS
ROYAL JELLY
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
WORKER BEES
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Summary:The characterization of major proteins of honeybee larval jelly (49-87 kDa) was performed by the sequencing of new complementary DNAs (cDNAs) obtained from a honeybee head cDNA library, by the determination of N-terminal sequences of the proteins, and by analyses of the newly obtained and known sequence data concerning the proteins. It was found that royal jelly (RJ) and worker jelly (WJ) contain identical major proteins and that all the proteins belong to one protein family designated MRJP (from Major Royal Jelly Proteins). The family consists of five main members (MRJP1, MRJP2, MRJP3, MRJP4, MRJP5). The proteins MRJP3 and MRJP5 are polymorphic. MRJPs account for 82 to 90% of total larval jelly protein, and they contain a relatively high amount of essential amino acids. These findings support the idea that MRJPs play an important role in honeybee nutrition.
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ISSN:1420-682X
1420-9071
DOI:10.1007/s000180050229