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SUBMITTER: Zha XL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7663561 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zha Xu-Le XL Yu Xin-Bo XB Zhang Hong-Yan HY Wang Han H Huang Xian-Zhi XZ Shen Yi-Hong YH Lu Cheng C
International journal of molecular sciences 20201027 21
The insect midgut secretes a semi-permeable, acellular peritrophic membrane (PM) that maintains intestinal structure, promotes digestion, and protects the midgut from food particles and pathogenic microorganisms. Peritrophin is an important PM protein (PMP) in the PM. Here, we identified 11 peritrophins with 1-16 chitin binding domains (CBDs) comprising 50-56 amino acid residues. Multiple CBDs in the same peritrophin clustered together, rather than by species. The CBD contained six highly conser ...[more]