Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene EcMFE, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, phylogenetic analysis, quantitative RT-PCR enzyme expression analysis | Epicauta chinensis |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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additional information | EcMFE RNAi-mediated knockdown. In EcMFE dsRNA treatment, there are no significant differences between the treated group and controls until the 5th day after injection, when compared on cantharidin content, the cantharidin content is significantly reduced on the 7th day after injection | Epicauta chinensis |
Localization | Comment | Organism | GeneOntology No. | Textmining |
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membrane | the enzyme has a membrane anchor region at amino acids 2-19, the transmembrane region is located at amino acids 141-158 | Epicauta chinensis | 16020 | - |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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methyl (2E,6E)-farnesoate + [reduced NADPH-hemoprotein reductase] + O2 | Epicauta chinensis | - |
juvenile hormone III + [oxidized NADPH-hemoprotein reductase] + H2O | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Epicauta chinensis | A0A2C9DK12 | - |
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Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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head | expression level of EcMFE is significantly high in the head of males | Epicauta chinensis | - |
additional information | temporal and spatial expression patterns of gene EcMFE, relative expression profiles of EcMFE in tissues and developmental stages, overview. The expression level of EcMFE is high in the first instar larval stage. Transcripts of EcMFE, EcJHEH and EcJHAMT show a similar tendency with the cantharidin production in male blister beetles after mating | Epicauta chinensis | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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methyl (2E,6E)-farnesoate + [reduced NADPH-hemoprotein reductase] + O2 | - |
Epicauta chinensis | juvenile hormone III + [oxidized NADPH-hemoprotein reductase] + H2O | - |
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Subunits | Comment | Organism |
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? | x * 54810, sequence calculation | Epicauta chinensis |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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EcMFE | - |
Epicauta chinensis |
Cofactor | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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cytochrome P450 | cytochrome P450 conserved site is located at amino acids 432-441 | Epicauta chinensis | |
NADPH-hemoprotein reductase | A flavoprotein containing both FMN and FAD. This enzyme catalyses the transfer of electrons from NADPH, an obligatory two-electron donor, to microsomal P-450 monooxygenases, EC 1.14.14._ | Epicauta chinensis |
Organism | Comment | pI Value Maximum | pI Value |
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Epicauta chinensis | sequence calculation | - |
8.29 |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | interference of gene EcMFE significantly inhibits the biosynthesis of cantharidin in male Epicauta chinensis after mating | Epicauta chinensis |
metabolism | juvenile hormone is finally synthesized via methylation and epoxidation regulated by JH acid O-methyltransferase (JHAMT) and methyl farnesoate epoxidase (MFE), respectively. Genes EcMFE and EcJHEH may be involved in the biosynthesis of cantharidin, but juvenile hormone III (JH III) might not be the direct precursor of cantharidin. Cantharidin is a monoterpene that is proposed to be constituted of two isoprene units. Cantharidin is biosynthesized via the mevalonate pathway that can also synthesize JH III | Epicauta chinensis |