AMINO-ACID-COMPOSITION OF AN AFRICANIZED HONEY-BEE (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE) SPECIFIC PROTEIN

Authors
HUNG ACF WAGNER RM
Citation
Acf. Hung et Rm. Wagner, AMINO-ACID-COMPOSITION OF AN AFRICANIZED HONEY-BEE (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE) SPECIFIC PROTEIN, Journal of Apicultural Research, 33(2), 1994, pp. 113-117
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of Apicultural Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218839
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
113 - 117
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8839(1994)33:2<113:AOAAH(>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
About 1 200 pmol of an Africanized honey bee specific protein, known a s AMP-2, was successfully isolated from the thoraces of 90 Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera) from Mexico. This protein has a molecular weight of about 48 kDa and an isoelectric point of about 5.7. Prelimi nary characterization of this protein by amino acid analysis suggested that it contains 16 amino acids, yielding about 432 residues.