Cloning, expression and function detection of major royal jelly protein 1 (MRJP1) genes of Apis cerana
Cloning, expression and function detection of major royal jelly protein 1 (MRJP1) genes of Apis cerana
Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 8:36 AM
Meeting Room 18 D (Austin Convention Center)
Royal jelly (RJ) is a thick, milky material which is confirmed to be a secretion product of both hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands of nurse bees. Multiple bioactivities have been found in RJ. Proteins are the main bioactive compositions of RJ and called major royal jelly proteins (MRJPs). MRJP1 is a member of MRJPs having multiple biological functions. In this study, the whole cDNA clone of mrjp1 was screened from a cDNA library which was constructed from 8-day-old worker heads of Apis cerana cerana. Bacmid-mjrp1 was constructed using the newly established Bac-to-Bac/BmNPV baculovirus expression system (BES) and the Apis cerana cerana MRJP1 (rAccMRJP1) was harvested from the hemolymph of silkworm larvae successfully 96h post-infection. The rAccMRJP1 was then purified by Ni-NTA spin columns and subjected to SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. An around 60-kDa protein with good solubility was visualized. The peptide Ile-Phe was identified from trypsin productions of rAccMRJP1 and confirmed to have antihypertensive ability. This research would be very helpful to the industrial production and application, and to make further researches on the bio-functions of MRJP1.
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