scholarly journals Effect of Methoprene on Trehalose Content and Trehalase Activity in the Silk Glands of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori L.(Lepidoptera : Bombycidae)

1980 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuya SHIMADA ◽  
Atsushi KAMADA
Keyword(s):  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Trehalase Activity ◽  
Silk Glands ◽  
Bombyx Mori L ◽  
Silkworm Bombyx Mori ◽  
Trehalose Content

TREHALASE ACTIVITY IN THE SILK GLANDS OF THE SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI (LEPIDOPTERA: BOMBYCIDAE)

1975 ◽  
Vol 107 (12) ◽  
pp. 1311-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuya Shimada
Keyword(s):  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Divalent Cations ◽  
Silk Gland ◽  
Trehalase Activity ◽  
Gland Cells ◽  
Silk Glands ◽  
Tunica Propria ◽  
Silkworm Bombyx Mori ◽  
Cu And Zn ◽  
Tunica Intima

Abstract(1) Crude extracts prepared from the silk glands of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. contain trehalase activity. (2) Trehalase in the silk glands has a pH of 5.5 and a Km of 0.71 mM. The activity of the enzyme is inhibited by divalent cations such as Mn, Cu, and Zn. (3) By histochemical methods, it is shown that trehalase is localized in the periphery of the silk gland cells, especially in the tunica propria and tunica intima. (4) Trehalase activity is low in fifth instar and increases greatly in spinning stages, after which the activity decreases.

Effects of sterols on feeding and nutrition of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L.

1964 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshio Ito ◽  
Kenya Kawashima ◽  
Motoko Nakahara ◽  
Koji Nakanishi ◽  
Akira Terahara
Keyword(s):  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Bombyx Mori L ◽  
Silkworm Bombyx Mori
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