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Chertemps T, Younus F, Steiner C, Durand N, Coppin CW, Pandey G, Oakeshott JG, Maïbèche M. An antennal carboxylesterase from Drosophila melanogaster, esterase 6, is a candidate odorant-degrading enzyme toward food odorants. Front Physiol 2015; 6:315. [PMID: 26594178 PMCID: PMC4633494 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Reception of odorant molecules within insect olfactory organs involves several sequential steps, including their transport through the sensillar lymph, interaction with the respective sensory receptors, and subsequent inactivation. Odorant-degrading enzymes (ODEs) putatively play a role in signal dynamics by rapid degradation of odorants in the vicinity of the receptors, but this hypothesis is mainly supported by in vitro results. We have recently shown that an extracellular carboxylesterase, esterase-6 (EST-6), is involved in the physiological and behavioral dynamics of the response of Drosophila melanogaster to its volatile pheromone ester, cis-vaccenyl acetate. However, as the expression pattern of the Est-6 gene in the antennae is not restricted to the pheromone responding sensilla, we tested here if EST-6 could play a broader function in the antennae. We found that recombinant EST-6 is able to efficiently hydrolyse several volatile esters that would be emitted by its natural food in vitro. Electrophysiological comparisons of mutant Est-6 null flies and a control strain (on the same genetic background) showed that the dynamics of the antennal response to these compounds is influenced by EST-6, with the antennae of the null mutants showing prolonged activity in response to them. Antennal responses to the strongest odorant, pentyl acetate, were then studied in more detail, showing that the repolarization dynamics were modified even at low doses but without modification of the detection threshold. Behavioral choice experiments with pentyl acetate also showed differences between genotypes; attraction to this compound was observed at a lower dose among the null than control flies. As EST-6 is able to degrade various bioactive odorants emitted by food and plays a role in the response to these compounds, we hypothesize a role as an ODE for this enzyme toward food volatiles.
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- Thomas Chertemps
- Sorbonne Universités UPMC - Univ Paris 06, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, INRA, CNRS, IRD, UPEC Paris, France
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Land and Water Flagship Canberra, ACT, Australia ; Research School of Chemistry, ANU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC - Univ Paris 06, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, INRA, CNRS, IRD, UPEC Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC - Univ Paris 06, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, INRA, CNRS, IRD, UPEC Paris, France
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Land and Water Flagship Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Land and Water Flagship Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Land and Water Flagship Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC - Univ Paris 06, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, INRA, CNRS, IRD, UPEC Paris, France
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SOLÉ-CAVA AM, THORPE JP. High levels of genetic variation in natural populations of marine lower invertebrates. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1991.tb00607.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Galego LGC, Ceron CR, Carareto CMA. Characterization of Esterases in a Brazilian Population of Zaprionus Indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Genetica 2006; 126:89-99. [PMID: 16502087 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-005-1434-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The aim of this study was to characterize esterases in Zaprionus indianus, a drosophilid recently introduced into Brazil. A further aim was study the variation of activity of esterases in the presence of inhibitors and their expression according to sex, sexual activity and age of individual flies. Polymorphisms were detected in two esterase loci (Est-2 and Est-3) and monomorphisms in four others (Est-1, Est-4, Est-5 and Est-6). Biochemical tests using alpha- and beta-naphthyl acetate and the inhibitors malathion, eserine sulphate and PMSF allowed us to classify EST-2 and EST-5 as beta-esterases, both carboxyl-esterases, and EST-1, EST-3, EST-4 and EST-6 as alpha-esterases. EST-1 and EST-3 were classified as carboxyl-esterases and EST-4 and EST-6 as cholinesterases. EST-5 activity was more pronounced in males and EST-2 was restricted to them or to recently copulated females. EST-4, rarely detected, was not characterized. Based on their biochemical characteristics possible roles for these enzymes are suggested.
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- L G C Galego
- Departamento de Biologia, UNESP--Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, 15054-000, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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Oakeshott J, Boyce T, Russell R, Healy M. Molecular insights into the evolution of an enzyme; esterase6 in Drosophila. Trends Ecol Evol 1995; 10:103-10. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5347(00)89003-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Oakeshott JG, van Papenrecht EA, Boyce TM, Healy MJ, Russell RJ. Evolutionary genetics of Drosophila esterases. Genetica 1993; 90:239-68. [PMID: 8119594 DOI: 10.1007/bf01435043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Over 30 carboxylester hydrolases have been identified in D. melanogaster. Most are classified as acetyl, carboxyl or cholinesterases. Sequence similarities among most of the carboxyl and all the cholinesterases so far characterised from D. melanogaster and other eukaryotes justify recognition of a carboxyl/cholinesterase multigene family. This family shows minimal sequence similarities with other esterases but crystallographic data for a few non-drosophilid enzymes show that the family shares a distinctive overall structure with some other carboxyl and aryl esterases, so they are all put in one superfamily of/beta hydrolases. Fifteen esterase genes have been mapped in D. melanogaster and twelve are clustered at two chromosomal sites. The constitution of each cluster varies across Drosophila species but two carboxyl esterases in one cluster are sufficiently conserved that their homologues can be identified among enzymes conferring insecticide resistance in other Diptera. Sequence differences between two other esterases, the EST6 carboxyl esterase and acetylcholinesterase, have been interpreted against the consensus super-secondary structure for the carboxyl/cholinesterase multigene family; their sequence differences are widely dispersed across the structure and include substantial divergence in substrate binding sites and the active site gorge. This also applies when EST6 is compared across species where differences in its expression indicate a difference in function. However, comparisons within and among species where EST6 expression is conserved show that many aspects of the predicted super-secondary structure are tightly conserved. Two notable exceptions are a pair of polymorphisms in the substrate binding site of the enzyme in D. melanogaster. These polymorphisms are associated with differences in substrate interactions in vitro and demographic data indicate that the alternative forms are not selectively equivalent in vivo.
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- J G Oakeshott
- CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra ACT, Australia
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Labate J, Bortoli A, Game AY, Cooke PH, Oakeshott JG. The number and distribution of esterase 6 alleles in populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity (Edinb) 1989; 63 ( Pt 2):203-8. [PMID: 2509404 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1989.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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High resolution electrophoretic analyses of the polymorphic esterase 6 enzyme have been carried out on 133 isoallelic lines from three Australian populations of Drosophila melanogaster spanning 25 degrees of latitude. These and previous data for 157 lines from another Australian population at an intermediate latitude reveal a total of 14 polymorphic esterase 6 allozymes, falling into five major mobility classes. Two classes, EST6-F and EST6-S, contain eleven of the allozymes but one allozyme, EST6-8 within the EST6-S class, is several times more common than any other. Variation in the frequency of this single allozyme can explain most of the latitudinal clines previously reported for the major EST6-F and EST6-S classes. Thermostability analyses of 52 of the Australian lines and 13 American lines reveal at least seven more EST6 variants within five of the allozymes, bringing the total number of variants to at least 21. Of the six allozymes for which more than one line was subjected to thermostability analyses, only EST6-8 could not be partitioned into additional variants. This corroborates a previous finding that two different isolates of the Est6-8 allele have identical DNA sequences and suggests that this allele, although now the most common, has nevertheless arisen relatively recently.
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- J Labate
- CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Costa R, Zonta L, Jayakar SD, Nigro L. Esterase-6 polymorphism inDrosophila melanogaster:Effects of temperature and methyl malonate on genotypic trajectories in polymorphic populations set up with highly inbred lines. J Genet 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02931150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Morton RA, Singh RS. Biochemical properties, homology, and genetic variation of Drosophila "nonspecific" esterases. Biochem Genet 1985; 23:959-73. [PMID: 3936476 DOI: 10.1007/bf00499940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The biochemical properties and tissue distribution of two major, soluble "nonspecific" esterases have been studied in Drosophila melanogaster, D. pseudoobscura, and related species. The "alpha-like" activity is due to a monomer enzyme (MW congruent to 60 kd) having a nonspecific tissue distribution, which was inhibited by p-hydroxymercuribenzoate (5 X 10(-4)M) plus eserine (1 X 10(-5)M) and was relatively unstable during polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Electrophoretograms of this enzyme could be enhanced by treating gels with beta-mercaptoethanol before staining. This procedure allowed the identification of a new alpha-esterase (Est-4) in D. pseudoobscura. The "beta-like" esterase activity (EC 3.1.1.1) is due to a dimer (MW congruent to 120 kd) in most Drosophila species. D. melanogaster and its siblings (D. simulans and D. mauritiana) were exceptions in which this enzyme had an unusual tissue distribution (increased activity in the male reproductive system) and was a monomer (MW congruent to 60 kd). Differences in the genetic variability of these esterases are discussed and interpreted by a population expansion model rather than by differences in biochemical properties of enzyme forms.
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Nigro L, Costa R, Jayakar SD, Zonta L. Est-6 in Drosophila melanogaster: effects of genetic composition, temperature and oviposition period on fitness in laboratory populations polymorphic for rare alleles. Heredity (Edinb) 1985. [DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1985.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Annual variation of enzyme polymorphism in four natural populations ofDrosophila melanogaster occupying different niches. Genetica 1985. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02424418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Selection in highly inbred populations of Drosophila melanogaster polymorphic at a single locus. Heredity (Edinb) 1985. [DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1985.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Allozymes and Biochemical Adaptation. Biochemistry 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-030811-1.50025-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Mane SD, Tepper CS, Richmond RC. Studies of esterase 6 in Drosophila melanogaster. XIII. Purification and characterization of the two major isozymes. Biochem Genet 1983; 21:1019-40. [PMID: 6419721 DOI: 10.1007/bf00483957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Esterase-6 (EST 6; carboxylic-ester hydrolase; EC 3.1.1.1) from Drosophila melanogaster was purified to homogenity. Purified enzyme occurs as two closely moving isozymes, slow (EST 6S) and fast (EST 6F), on native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Except for slight differences in their mobility, the two isozymes share similar molecular and catalytic properties. Both isozymes are glycoproteins and have an apparent molecular weight of 62,000 to 65,000 as judged by analytical gel filtration and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) electrophoresis. They have identical mobility on SDS-polyacrylamide gels and an isoelectric point of 4.5. Each isozyme has a single active catalytic site as confirmed by titration with 0,0-diethyl-p-nitrophenyl phosphate (Paraoxon). We conclude that EST 6 is a monomeric enzyme. The amino acid composition of the two isozymes is very similar and both variants lack half-cystine residues. The low pI of the enzyme is due in part to a relatively high proportion of glutamic and aspartic amino acid residues. Characterization of the kinetic parameters of the isozymes using beta-naphthyl and p-nitrophenyl esters revealed no statistically significant differences in catalytic efficiency. There is, however, a suggestion that the two isozymes may differ in their substrate specificity.
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Costa R, Nigro L, Danieli GA. Esterase-6 allozymes: biochemical studies of two common and one rare variant in Drosophila melanogaster. Biochem Genet 1983; 21:191-7. [PMID: 6404245 DOI: 10.1007/bf02395403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The biochemical properties of three allozymes coded by the Est-6 locus, two common forms (EST-6S and EST-6F) and one rare form (EST-6VF), were studied. The results show the existence of differences in isoelectric point, activity, activation energy, Km, and temperature coefficient among the three variants, especially between the two common forms and the one rare form. The specific activity of the rare enzymatic variant seems to be less affected by temperature variation. The possible significance of these findings in relation to the mechanism of reproduction is briefly discussed.
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Gilbert DG, Richmond RC. Esterase 6 in Drosophila melanogaster: reproductive function of active and null males at low temperature. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1982; 79:2962-6. [PMID: 6806820 PMCID: PMC346328 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.79.9.2962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Esterase 6 is a polymorphic carboxylesterase (carboxylic-ester hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.1) localized to the reproductive tract of male Drosophila melanogaster and transferred to females at copulation. The reproductive fitness of males is strongly affected by temperature and the esterase 6 alleles (active versus null) that they carry. Low temperature (18 degrees C) dramatically changes the character of reproductive functions relative to optimal 25 degrees C. Males with active esterase 6 mate sooner, copulate for a shorter time, and produce more progeny per mating than do esterase 6 null males at 18 degrees C, in contrast to equal progeny production at 25 degrees C. A male esterase 6 effect on the remating speed of females at 25 degrees C is absent at 18 degrees C. Previous work suggests that male esterase 6 promotes ejaculate transfer, sperm storage, and use in females. The differences in reproductive fitness at 18 degrees C noted here may follow from the effects of esterase 6 on sperm transfer and utilization. The esterase 6 effect on productivity is consistent for different female types, even though the components of productivity that were affected, egg laying and egg fertility, changed with female type. These data lead to the hypothesis that the wide-spread polymorphism for esterase 6 may be adaptively significant.
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Brookfield JFY. No evidence for frequency-dependent selection acting between clones of the water flea, Daphnia magna. Heredity (Edinb) 1981. [DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1981.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Oakeshott JG, Chambers GK, Gibson JB, Willcocks DA. Latitudinal relationships of esterase-6 and phosphoglucomutase gene frequencies in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity (Edinb) 1981; 47:385-96. [PMID: 6211421 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1981.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Geographic variation in Esterase-6 (Est-6) and Phosphoglucomutase (Pgm) gene frequencies in Australasian populations of Drosophila melanogaster are compared with analogous data collated from 16 previous reports for North America and Europe/Asia. A large-scale latitudinal cline is found on all three zoogeographic zones for Est-6 and overall, Est-61.00 frequency increases from about 20 per cent around 20 degrees latitude to about 80 per cent approaching 50 degrees latitude. In contrast, there is no consistent evidence for the latitudinal cline in Pgm gene frequencies in any of the three zones with Pgm1.00 frequency generally about 85 per cent and Pgm1.20 and Pgm0.70 frequencies each between 5 per cent and 10 per cent. The consistent Est-6 clines are attributed to latitudinal selection gradients but not consistent correlations are found between Est-6 gene frequencies and maximum or minimum temperature or rainfall which might be associated with these gradients. The directions of the Est-6 clines in fact run counter to expectations based on the in vitro thermostabilities of the respective allozymes.
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Effects of selection for resistance to organophosphorus insecticides on two esterase loci in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetica 1981. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00133996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hoffmann RJ. Evolutionary genetics of Metridium senile. I. Kinetic differences in phosphoglucose isomerase allozymes. Biochem Genet 1981; 19:129-44. [PMID: 6111996 DOI: 10.1007/bf00486143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Populations of the sea anemone Metridium senile from the northeast coast of the United States exhibit a one-locus, two-allele polymorphism for phosphoglucose isomerase. No additional "hidden" variation is exposed by changes in pH, gel pore size, or heat denaturation. The allozymes are similar in pH optimum, sensitivity of Km to pH, and sensitivity of Km and Vmax to temperature. In other respects they are functionally different, with the fast allozyme having a 3.5-fold higher specific activity and a slightly higher Km of fructose-6-phosphate than the slow form. In these respects, heterozygotes produce a mixture of enzymes that appears to function roughly as the sum of its component parts. Comparisons of Vmax/Km ratios reveal significant differences among genotypes, with the fast form having higher values at all temperatures than the slow form and heterozygotes falling intermediate. In addition, there is a significant difference among genotypes in sensitivity of this parameter to temperature, with the fast homozygote and heterozygote displaying greater sensitivity than the slow homozygote. Temperature is probably an important selective agent in maintaining this polymorphism.
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Grossman A. Analysis of genetic variation affecting the relative activities of fast and slow ADH dimers in Drosophila melanogaster heterozygotes. Biochem Genet 1980; 18:765-80. [PMID: 6781471 DOI: 10.1007/bf00484592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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When AdhF/Adhs heterozygote homogenates are stained after electrophoresis, considerable variation is observed in the activity ration of the FF dimer to the SS dimer. Two AdhS strains showed a sharp, consistent difference when crossed to a common AdhF strain. Optical scanning and genetic analysis confirmed that this difference originates close to the Adh locus. Since the morphs varied concordantly in their activities on numerous alcohols, and since aging and heat treatment experiments failed to reveal a stability difference, it is proposed that the difference is regulatory in nature, affecting ADH synthesis and primarily cisacting. A survey of wild flies revealed additional variation in the FF/SS activity ratio. Further genetic analysis showed that the basis of this variation is not restricted to the second chromosome. Furthermore, modification of the activity ratio implies some degree of allelespecificity on the part of the modifiers.
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Selection at the Esterase-6 locus in Drosophila melanogaster by added enzyme substrates in the culture medium. Genetica 1980. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00121608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Richmond RC, Gilbert DG, Sheehan KB, Gromko MH, Butterworth FM. Esterase 6 and reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster. Science 1980; 207:1483-5. [PMID: 6767273 DOI: 10.1126/science.6767273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A nonspecific carboxylesterase (esterase 6) of Drosophila melanogaster shows greater activity in adult males than in females and is highly concentrated in the anterior ejaculatory duct of the reproductive tract of the male. Esterase 6 is depleted in males by copulation and is transferred to females early during copulation as a component of the seminal fluid. That esterase 6 may be involved in a system controlling the timing of remating is suggested by differences in the activity of this enzyme in a strain of Drosophila selected for a decrease in time to remating and by differences in the timing of remating in females initially inseminated by males lacking or having active esterase 6.
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