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The salivary gland-specific apyrase of the mosquito Aedes aegypti is a member of the 5'-nucleotidase family.


ABSTRACT: The saliva of hematophagous insects contains a variety of pharmacologically active substances that counteract the normal hemostatic response to injury in vertebrate hosts. The yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, secretes an apyrase that inhibits ADP-dependent platelet aggregation. Apyrase was purified as an active enzyme from adult female salivary glands and subjected to tryptic digestion, and the resulting peptides were sequenced. The amino acid sequences obtained match the conceptual translation product of a cDNA clone isolated from an adult female salivary gland library. Sequence comparisons indicate similarities with a ubiquitous family of 5'-nucleotidases. The mosquito protein differs from other members of the family by lacking a carboxyl-terminal hydrophobic domain. The apparent conversion of a gene encoding an enzyme involved in a common metabolic event at the cellular level to a gene involved in the antihemostatic response of mosquitoes illustrates one way this particular insect has adapted to the challenges of bloodfeeding.

SUBMITTER: Champagne DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC42686 | biostudies-other | 1995 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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The salivary gland-specific apyrase of the mosquito Aedes aegypti is a member of the 5'-nucleotidase family.

Champagne D E DE   Smartt C T CT   Ribeiro J M JM   James A A AA  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19950101 3


The saliva of hematophagous insects contains a variety of pharmacologically active substances that counteract the normal hemostatic response to injury in vertebrate hosts. The yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, secretes an apyrase that inhibits ADP-dependent platelet aggregation. Apyrase was purified as an active enzyme from adult female salivary glands and subjected to tryptic digestion, and the resulting peptides were sequenced. The amino acid sequences obtained match the conceptual transla  ...[more]

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