N-Glycan Modification of a Recombinant Protein via Coexpression of Human Glycosyltransferases in Silkworm Pupae

T Kato, N Kako, K Kikuta, T Miyazaki, S Kondo… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Recombinant proteins produced in insect cells and insects, unlike those produced in
mammalian cells, have pauci-mannose-type N-glycans. In this study, we examined complex …

In vivo enzymatic digestion of HRV 3C protease cleavage sites-containing proteins produced in a silkworm-baculovirus expression system

J Xu, T Nakanishi, T Kato, EY Park - Bioscience Reports, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) has been recognized as a potent protein
expression system in engineering valuable enzymes and vaccines. Various fusion tags …

Two-step purification of tag-free norovirus-like particles from silkworm larvae (Bombyx mori)

J Boonyakida, DIS Utomo, FN Soma, EY Park - Protein Expression and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recombinantly expressed VP1 of norovirus self-assembled and formed norovirus-like
particles (NoV-LPs). This native VP1 was expressed using the Bombyx mori …

Insects as sources of food and bioproducts: a review from Colombia

MS Pérez-Grisales, SI Uribe Soto - The Journal of Basic and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Background Insects are known to be important sources of food and bioproducts, and
companies around the world are currently offering goods and services based on their …

Emerging silk material trends: Repurposing, phase separation and solution-based designs

FP Seib - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Silk continues to amaze. This review unravels the most recent progress in silk science,
spanning from fundamental insights to medical silks. Key advances in silk flow are …

Expression of an RSV-gag virus-like particle in insect cell lines and silkworm larvae

VK Deo, Y Tsuji, T Yasuda, T Kato, N Sakamoto… - Journal of virological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Rous sarcoma virus group antigen protein-based virus-like particles (VLPs) are well known
for their structural integrity and ease of handling. VLPs play an important role in drug …

NMR spin-couplings in saccharides: Relationships between structure, conformation and the magnitudes of JHH, JCH and JCC values

MJ Hadad, W Zhang, T Turney, L Sernau, X Wang… - 2017 - books.rsc.org
2.1 Introduction and Background the nMr spin–spin coupling constant (spin–spin coupling,
spin-coupling, scalar coupling, or J-coupling) plays a pivotal role in modern liquid-phase …

[PDF][PDF] Genetically modified insects: science, use, status and regulation

CJ Beech, M Koukidou, NI Morrison… - Collection of Biosafety …, 2012 - entomoresin.com
A major change is underway in applied genetic engineering of pest insects. The use of
genetically modified (GM) insects in laboratories is widespread, well-developed and non …

Spot14/Mig12 heterocomplex sequesters polymerization and restrains catalytic function of human acetyl‐CoA carboxylase 2

S Park, IW Hwang, Y Makishima… - Journal of Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Acetyl‐CoA carboxylase 2 (ACC2) is an isoform of ACC functioning as a negative regulator
of fatty acid β‐oxidation. Spot14, a thyroid hormone responsive protein, and Mig12, a Spot14 …

[PDF][PDF] Rearing of monovoltine strains of Bombyx mori by alternating artificial diet and mulberry leaf accelerates selection for higher food conversion efficiency and silk …

A Saviane, L Toso, C Righi, C Pavanello, V Crivellaro… - 2014 - researchgate.net
Availability of mulberry leaf of high nutritional quality, under temperate climatic conditions, is
restricted to the spring-summer season, a situation that represents a limiting factor in …