Venom Protein Card
Accession: Pre05171 Vitellogenin precursor [Apis mellifera]
Basic info
| Organism | Apis mellifera |
| Taxonomy | Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae > Apis > Apis mellifera |
| Protein Description | Vitellogenin precursor |
| Mass Weight | 201045.44 Da |
| Isoelectric Point | 6.29 |
| Expression | Highly expressed in venom gland |
Annotation
| Function | Precursor of the egg-yolk proteins that are sources of nutrients during embryonic development (By similarity). Involved in the differentiation of honeybee larvae into queens. | ||
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Features
| Feature key | Position | Length |
| Signal Peptide | 1..16 | 16 |
| Chain | 17..1770 | 1754 |
Sequence
3D Structure
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Publication
| 1. |
Piulachs M.D., Guidugli K.R., Barchuk A.R., Cruz J., Simoes Z.L.P., Belles X.; "The vitellogenin of the honey bee, Apis mellifera: structural analysis of the cDNA and expression studies."; Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 33:459-465(2003). |
| 2. |
Kamakura M.; "Royalactin induces queen differentiation in honeybees."; Nature 473:478-483(2011). |