Cleavage activation and functional comparison of Manduca sexta serine protease homologs SPH1a, SPH1b, SPH4, and SPH101 in conjunction with SPH2.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103762
Abstract: Phenoloxidase (PO) is a crucial component of the insect immune response against microbial infection. In the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta, PO is generated from its precursor proPO by prophenoloxidase activating proteases (PAPs) in the presence… read more here.
Keywords: cleavage; sph1b sph4; sph1a; sph101 ... See more keywords