Peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP) from eri-silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini; protein purification and induction of the gene expression |
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Authors: | Onoe Hiroko Matsumoto Akiyoshi Hashimoto Kazuhiko Yamano Yoshiaki Morishima Isao |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP) was isolated from immunized hemolymph of the wild silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini, detecting the biding activity with (125)I-labeled peptidoglycan (PGN). The binding specificity of PGRP was tested by competitive inhibition of the binding to (125)I-labeled-PGN by a large excess amount of non-labeled-PGN or other glucans. The binding to labeled uncross-linked Lys-type PGN from Micrococcus luteus was strongly inhibited by non-labeled-PGN of the same structure and meso-diaminopimelic acid (DAP)-type cross-linked PGN from Bacillus cell wall, but only a little by cross-linked PGN from M. luteus cell wall. The PGRP cDNA encodes a 193 amino acid open reading frame. The deduced amino acid sequence had 62 to 91% identities to known lepidopteran PGRPs, but less than 40% to Drosophila PGRPs. The PGRP gene constitutively expressed at a low level in naive fat body, and strongly induced by an injection of DAP-type cross-linked and Lys-type uncross-linked PGNs, but only weakly by Lys-type cross-linked PGN from M. luteus. The silkworm possibly distinguish between PGNs based on the structure of cross-linking peptide, but has less if any preference for the diamino acid residue of the stem peptide. |
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