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Proteomic characterization of royal jelly proteins in Chinese (Apis cerana cerana) and European (Apis mellifera) honeybees

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In this study, the proteins contained in royal jelly (RJ) derived from Chinese and European honeybees have been analyzed in detail and compared. Remarkable differences were found in the heterogeneity of major royal jelly proteins (MRJPs), MRJP2 and MRJP3, in terms of molecular weight and isoelectric points between the two species of RJ. MRJP2 and MRJP3 produced by Chinese honeybee are less polymorphic than those produced by European honeybee. This study is a contribution to the description of the royal jelly proteome.

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Abbreviations

MRJPs:

major royal jelly proteins

RJ:

royal jelly

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  1. School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Daxue Road 168, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Ning Qu, Changcheng Lai, Lifang Sun & Xueji Wu

  2. Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen, 361009, China

    Jie Jiang

  3. Model Organism Research Center, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China

    Liangxian Sun

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Published in Russian in Biokhimiya, 2008, Vol. 73, No. 6, pp. 841–847.

Originally published in Biochemistry (Moscow) On-Line Papers in Press, as Manuscript BM07-376, March 30, 2008.

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Qu, N., Jiang, J., Sun, L. et al. Proteomic characterization of royal jelly proteins in Chinese (Apis cerana cerana) and European (Apis mellifera) honeybees. Biochemistry Moscow 73, 676–680 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297908060072

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