2017
A Mesh–Duox pathway regulates homeostasis in the insect gut
Xiao X, Yang L, Pang X, Zhang R, Zhu Y, Wang P, Gao G, Cheng G. A Mesh–Duox pathway regulates homeostasis in the insect gut. Nature Microbiology 2017, 2: 17020. PMID: 28248301, PMCID: PMC5332881, DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsect gutERK phosphorylation cascadeCentral homeostatic mechanismDrosophila melanogasterMetazoan gutComplex communitiesPhosphorylation cascadeBacterial microbiomeDual oxidaseDuox expressionGut bacteriaGut bacterial microbiomeBlood mealHomeostasisBacterial microorganismsAedes aegyptiPathwayHomeostatic mechanismsMicroorganismsPhysiological changesGutExpressionMelanogasterImportant roleDynamic changes
2001
Molecular characterization of two serine proteases expressed in gut tissue of the African trypanosome vector, Glossina morsitans morsitans
Yan J, Cheng Q, Li C, Aksoy S. Molecular characterization of two serine proteases expressed in gut tissue of the African trypanosome vector, Glossina morsitans morsitans. Insect Molecular Biology 2001, 10: 47-56. PMID: 11240636, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2001.00232.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerine proteasesSerine protease-encoding genePutative mature proteinHydrophobic signal peptide sequenceInvertebrate serine proteasesProtease-encoding genesPost-transcriptional levelAmino acid mature peptideGut tissueSer catalytic triadSignal peptide sequenceRegulation of expressionPattern of expressionSerine protease 1Insect gutMature proteinVector insectsDeduced peptideChymotrypsin-like proteaseTsetse genomeSpecific residuesCatalytic triadAfrican trypanosomesMature peptidePathogen establishment
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