Insulin receptor-like tyrosine kinase in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta

✍ Scribed by Wendy A. Smith; Malvika Koundinya; Terence McAllister; Adam Brown

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 98 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0739-4462
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1997)35:1/2<99::aid-arch9>3.0.co;2-s

✦ Synopsis

Phosphotyrosine-containing proteins are present in the prothoracic glands, muscle, and fat body of Manduca sexta, as determined by immunoprecipitation followed by kinase assay, and by Western blotting. One such protein (M(r) 178,000) can also be immunoprecipitated using antibodies directed against the human insulin receptor and insulin receptor substrate. The 178 kD protein appears to be expressed more strongly in prothoracic glands removed just prior to wandering (days 3-4) and prior to pupation (days 7-9), and phosphorylation of the protein is enhanced by an M. sexta brain factor. The results suggest that a tyrosine-kinase-linked molecule similar to the insulin receptor may play a regulatory role in M. sexta.