Biochemical characterisation of α-amylase in two aphid species, Aphis fabae Scopoli (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and A. gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Ali Darvishzadeh,
Ali Reza Bandani and
Seyed Qasem Mousavi
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Ali Darvishzadeh: Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Ali Reza Bandani: Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Seyed Qasem Mousavi: Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Plant Protection Science, 2014, vol. 50, issue 2, 84-89
Abstract:
We identify and characterise α-amylases of the two aphid species, A. fabae and A. gossypi. To do this, α-amylases of the two insect species were extracted and their activities were determined using 1% soluble starch. Results showed that α-amylase, which hydrolyses starch, is present in both aphids. Also, it was shown that optimum pH and temperature for the α-amylases of both species is 7.0 and 40°C, respectively. Gel assays using zymogram analysis showed that in both aphid species more than one isoform (two isoforms) of α-amylases hydrolyszing carbohydrates are present.
Keywords: aphids; gel assay; starch (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.17221/71/2012-PPS
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