Cocoonase is a trypsin-likeCocoonase: III. PURIFICATION, PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION, AND ACTIVATION OF THE ZYMOGEN OF AN INSECT PROTEASE Edward Berger and Fotis C. Kafatos, Ronald L. Felsted and John H. Law; Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 246, no. 13 (July 10, 1971); pp 4131-4137 proteolytic enzymeCocoonase: I. PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF A PROTEOLYTIC ENZYME FROM SILK MOTHS Fotis C. Kafatos, Alan M. Tartakoff and John H. Law, Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 242, 1477-87 (1967) produced by silkworms (of both Bombyx, Heliconius and AntheraeaCARBONIC ANHYDRASE ACTIVITY DURING THE LARVAL-PUPAL TRANSFORMATION OF HYALOPHORA CECROPIA REARED ON FOLIAGE AND SYNTHETIC DIET: EFFECTS OF POTASSIUM AND CHLORIDE ON MIDGUT, FAT BODY AND INTEGUMENTARY ENZYMES, by James W. Johnston and Arthur M. Jungreis, Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 91 (1981), pp 255-269Cocoonase V. STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON AN INSECT SERINE PROTEASE by Karl J. Kramer, Ronald L. Felsted, and John H. Law, Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 248 (1973) no. 9, pp 3021-3028 species) as they near the final stages of their metamorphosis. It is produced by cells in the proboscisMoths of Australia by I. F. B. Common, published January 1990 by CSIRO Publishing, via Google Books and exuded onto the galeae.PHYSIOLOGY OF INSECT ECDYSIS I. THE ECLOSION BEHAVIOUR OF SATURNIID MOTHS AND ITS HORMONAL RELEASE, from the Journal of Experimental Biology, by James W. Truman, vol. 54 (1971), pp 805-814 Its function is to weaken the fibers of the cocoon, thereby facilitating the emergence of the adult insect.
It was discovered by Carroll Williams.Memorial Minutes on Carroll Williams (FAS) and Aaron Gissen (HMS) and Louis Zetzel (HMS) , from the Harvard Gazette; published March 21, 1996; retrieved November 16, 2011
External links Cocoonase of Bombyx mori at UniProt Cocoonase-assisted protein of Bombyx mori at UniProt
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