Journal of Medical Entomology (2013) 50, 931-933

Tomas Erban, Cosimo Antonio Di Presa, Jan Kopecky, Palmiro Poltronieri and Jan Hubert (2013)
PCR detection of the 14.5 antibacterial NlpC/P60-like Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus protein in Dermatophagoides farinae (Acari: Pyroglyphidae)
Journal of Medical Entomology 50 (4), 931-933
Abstract: House dust mites produce antibacterial proteins suppressing bacterial growth. The 14.5-kDa bacteriolytic protein (UniProtKB Q8MWR6) has been known in Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus Trouessart. We have applied polymerase chain reaction and reverse transcription-PCR to detect a homologous gene sequence coding for a Q8MWR6-related protein in Dermatophagoides farinae (Hughes) using genomic DNA and total RNA, respectively. The resulting PCR product of expected size, 243 bp, was obtained from both Dermatophagoides spp., while no amplification was achieved from stored product mite samples. Sequence of the gene fragment from D. farinae showed 83% similarity to the previously described one in D. pteronyssinus. Successful amplification of the expected product from cDNA generated with oligo-dT primer implies that the NlpC/P60-like protein in Dermatophagoides mites is of eukaryotic or mite origin.
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Database assignments for author(s): Tomas Erban, Jan Hubert, Jan Kopecky

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Dermatophagoides farinae
	Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus