Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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expressed in Hi-5 insect cells | Tribolium castaneum |
Localization | Comment | Organism | GeneOntology No. | Textmining |
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plasma membrane | - |
Tribolium castaneum | 5886 | - |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
Tribolium castaneum | Q0Z942 | red flour beetle | - |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
adult | - |
Tribolium castaneum | - |
cuticle | - |
Tribolium castaneum | - |
epidermis | - |
Tribolium castaneum | - |
larva | - |
Tribolium castaneum | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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carboxymethyl Remazol Brilliant Violet-chitin + H2O | - |
Tribolium castaneum | ? | - |
? |
Subunits | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
? | x * 111000, calculated from amino acid sequence and SDS-PAGE | Tribolium castaneum |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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CHT7 | - |
Tribolium castaneum |
endochitinase | - |
Tribolium castaneum |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | enzyme deficiency results in abnormal adult cuticle | Tribolium castaneum |
physiological function | the enzyme is required for maintaining the integrity of the cuticle as a compact structure of alternating electron-dense and electron-lucent laminae. The enzyme is required for formation of properly oriented long chitin fibers inside pore canals that are vertically oriented columnar structures, which contribute to the mechanical strength of a lightweight, yet rigid, adult cuticle | Tribolium castaneum |