Identification and molecular cloning of putative odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory protein from the bethylid wasp, Scleroderma guani Xiao et Wu

J Chem Ecol. 2007 Jul;33(7):1359-75. doi: 10.1007/s10886-007-9310-5.

Abstract

Two putative odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) and one putative chemosensory protein (CSP) from females of the ant-like bethylid wasp, Scleroderma guani Xiao et Wu (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), were identified and cloned. The putative OBPs and CSP were identified by nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (native-PAGE). 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (3'RACE) was performed to obtain the sequences of the mature proteins by using degenerate primers designed from N-terminal sequences. Gene-specific primers for 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (5'RACE) were designed according to 3'RACE results and used in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to obtain full-length sequences. The proteins (Sgua-OBP1, Sgua-OBP2, and Sgua-CSP1) encode 133, 142, and 129 amino acid-deduced sequences, respectively. Prediction of signal peptide sequences matches the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the isolated proteins. Database searches suggest that the Sgua-OBP1 and Sgua-OBP2 are homologs of OBPs from other insects, and Sgua-CSP1 shares a high level of identity with previously described CSPs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Insect Proteins / chemistry
  • Insect Proteins / genetics
  • Insect Proteins / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Odorants*
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Wasps / metabolism*

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Insect Proteins