Digestive processes of haematophagous insects. XII. Secretion of trypsin and carboxypeptidase B by Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood (Diptera: Glossinidae)
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 55 (1), 215-222
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z77-024
Abstract
There was a significant positive correlation between protein content and the amounts of trypsin and carboxypeptidase B (CPB) in the digestive portion of the midgut of G. morsitans morsitans, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h after feeding on a rabbit. CPB and trypsin activity were positively correlated. Trypsin and CPB production were stimulated to varying degrees by bovine serum albumin (BSA), .alpha.-globulin, .beta.-globulin, .gamma.-globulin and Hb; the greatest response was to BSA. Peptides derived from BSA by trypsin cleavage stimulated production of trypsin and CPB.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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