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Insect cuticle – Chitin, Catecholamine and Chemistry of Complexation
- 1st Edition, Volume 62 - June 24, 2022
- Editor: Manickam Sugumaran
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 9 7 6 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 3 0 7 - 5
Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 62, the latest release in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapte… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Insect Physiology, Volume 62, the latest release in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Advances in Insect Physiology series
Organismal biologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, for both researchers and students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Chitin in insect cuticle
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: General organization of chitin in the cuticle
- 3: Developmental stage-specific differences: Serosal, larval, pupal and adult stages
- 4: Tissue-specific differences: Dorsal vs ventral; body wall, wings and appendages
- 5: Differences in composition of cuticular proteins from hard and soft cuticles
- 6: Growth and development of insect cuticle
- 7: Cuticles at muscle attachment sites and tendon cells
- 8: Internal tendon cells and associated cuticle
- 9: Biosynthetic pathway, precursors, genes, enzymes and regulation of chitin synthesis
- 10: Mechanism of insect cuticle chitin synthesis and extrusion
- 11: Chitin binding proteins that assist in the processing and organization of chitin in the cuticle
- 12: Modification of chitin in the cuticle
- 13: Chitin turnover during molting and egg hatching
- 14: Proteases that assist in the turnover of cuticle
- 15: Proteins involved in cuticle turnover: Changes in composition during development
- 16: Enzymes involved in cuticular chitin degradation
- 17: GH20 β-N-acetylhexosaminidases
- 18: Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOS)
- 19: Cuticular chitin as a target of pest control including inhibitors
- 20: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: Cuticular sclerotization in insects – A critical review
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Cuticular components pertinent to sclerotization
- 3: Sclerotizing enzymes
- 4: Sclerotizing precursors and sclerotizing agents
- 5: Quinone tanning process
- 6: Peroxidase mediated crosslinking
- 7: Initial proposal on β-sclerotization
- 8: α,β-Sclerotization process
- 9: Quinone methide sclerotization
- 10: Properties of quinone isomerase
- 11: Can nonenzymatic isomerization possible?
- 12: Tritium release studies offer pivotal support for quinone methide sclerotization
- 13: Reactions of quinone methide
- 14: Biosynthesis of dehydro NADA
- 15: The reactive compound formed from dehydro NADA
- 16: Laccase and dehydro NADA
- 17: Nonenzymatic oxidation of dehydro NADA
- 18: Internal reactivity of QMIA
- 19: External reactivity of QMIA—Reactions with water
- 20: Reaction of QMIA with thiols
- 21: Arterenone formation
- 22: Dehydro NBAD formation
- 23: Reactivity of dehydro NBAD
- 24: Colourless versus coloured cuticle
- 25: A possible intramolecular cyclization of dehydro NADA
- 26: Unified mechanism for sclerotization insect cuticle
- 27: Use of catechols other than NADA and NBAD
- 28: Genes associated with sclerotization and melanisation
- 29: Sclerotization in peptidyl dopa
- 30: Dehydro dopamine units in other systems
- 31: Melanin formation in insects
- 32: Control mechanism of melanin formation during defence reactions
- 33: A final thought on sclerotization
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Three: Hardening and tanning of insect ootheca, egg cases, egg sac, chorion, and silk
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Summary of insect cuticular sclerotization process
- 3: Cockroach ootheca tanning
- 4: Mosquito egg chorion tanning
- 5: Drosophila egg tanning
- 6: Tanning of praying mantis egg sac
- 7: Tanning of the silk
- 8: Summary and conclusion
- References
- Chapter Four: Insect multicopper oxidase-2: Molecular properties, roles in cuticle formation, and impacts on evolutionary success of insects
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Mechanisms of cuticle hardening in arthropods
- 3: Phenol-oxidizing enzymes in insect cuticle
- 4: Evolution of the genes for MCO2 in arthropods, and possible contributions of MCO2 in the success of insects as terrestrial animals
- 5: Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Five: Diversity of melanin synthesis genes in insects
- Abstract
- 1: Melanin synthesis pathway in insects
- 2: Molecular phylogeny of melanin synthesis genes in insects
- 3: Contribution of melanin synthesis genes to body colour in insects
- 4: Conclusion and perspective
- References
- No. of pages: 390
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 62
- Published: June 24, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323999762
- eBook ISBN: 9780323983075
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Manickam Sugumaran
Manickam Sugumaran is a professor at Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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