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Developmental studies on the Sigma and Delta-1 glutathione transferases of Lucilia cuprina
Authors:Pal Ramavati  Sanil Nitasha  Clark Alan
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  • School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • Abstract:The glutathione transferases (GSTs) are a large group of enzymes having both detoxication roles and specialist metabolic functions. The present work represents an initial approach to identifying some of these roles by examining the variation of specific members of the family under differing conditions. The GSTs from Lucilia cuprina have been partially purified, members of two families being isolated, by the use of glutathione immobilised on epichlorhydrin-activated Sepharose 6B. The GSTs were separated by 2D SDS-PAGE and characterised by MALDI-TOF analysis of tryptic peptides. The mass fragments were then matched against the corresponding Drosophila melanogaster and Musca domestica sequences. GSTs were identified as coming from only the Sigma and Delta classes. The multiple Delta zones appear all to be derived from the Lucilia GSTD1 isoform. The distribution of these GST proteins has been studied during different developmental stages of the insect. Delta isoforms were present in all developmental stages of L. cuprina. The Sigma GST was not detectable in the egg, was just detectable in the larval and pupal stages and was the major GST isolated in the adult. Sigma and Delta isoforms were both found in all body segments of the insect. Both isoforms appear to undergo extensive post-translational modification. Activities of the two types of protein with model substrates have been determined.
    Keywords:GSH  glutathione  CDNB  1-chloro-2  4-dinitrobenzene  DCNB  3  4-dichloro-nitrobenzene  NPA  p-nitrophenyl acetate  TNE  trans-2-nonenal  DHA  Dehydroascorbic acid  DNP-GSH  S-2  4-(Dinitrophenyl)-glutathione
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