Secretory Proteins of Chironomus Salivary Glands: Structural Motifs and Assembly Characteristics of a Novel Biopolymer

The overall goal of this project has been to learn about the structure, developmentally regulated synthesis and assembly of a family of secretory proteins (SPs) that are synthesized in salivary glands of an aquatic insect and assembled into an insoluble biopolymer of silk-like threads. Molecular bio...

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Main Authors: Case, Steven T, Wieslander, Lars
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AMINO ACIDS
APPROACH
AQUATIC INSECTS
ASSEMBLY
Balbiani ring
Biochemistry
Biology
Chironomus
CHROMOSOMES
Cytogenetic
FIBERS
GENES
IN VITRO ANALYSIS
IN VIVO ANALYSIS
INTERACTIONS
LARVAE
Navel biopolymer
PE61153N
PEPTIDES
Polypeptide fibers
PROTEINS
PROTOZOA
REGULATIONS
SALIVARY GLANDS
Secretory protein
SEQUENCES
SILK
STRUCTURES
SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY)
TAXONOMY
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Summary:The overall goal of this project has been to learn about the structure, developmentally regulated synthesis and assembly of a family of secretory proteins (SPs) that are synthesized in salivary glands of an aquatic insect and assembled into an insoluble biopolymer of silk-like threads. Molecular biological and immunological techniques were used to ascertain in the structure of two additional SPs and the developmental regulation of the expression of their genes. A 185/220-kDal Cys-rich SP homologue has been identified in three species of Chironomus. Biochemical, biophysical and electron microscopic techniques were used to study SP disassembly/reassembly in vitro and measure the higher order structure of 1000-kDal SPs and their repeated domains in the form of synthetic peptides. This domain approach to protein structure was extended to insect chorions. Eukaryotic genes, secretory polypeptides, tandemly repeated amino acid sequences, in vitro assembly/disassembly of polypeptide fibers, protein-protein interactions