Isolation and characterization of a larval lipoprotein from the hemolymph of Manduca sexta

Analysis of lipid and fatty acid composition of three species of scorpions with relation to different organs

“…The composition of fatty acids of the hemolymph showed a similar pattern in the three species studied, most of them being fatty acids of 16 and 18 carbons, similar to those described by El-Salhy et al (1981) for L. quinquestriatus, in insects and crustaceans (Gilbert and O´Connor, 1970;Gilbert et al, 1977;Pattnaik et al, 1979). Another constant characteristic related to the hemolymph of scorpions is that, similarly to what was observed in L. quinquestriatus, in T.…”

Insect flight muscle metabolism

“…The changes in lipoprotein reorganizations and lipid loading in the flying insect allow efficient delivery of lipid to the contracting flight muscles without degradation of the transport proteins, which is reflected by the structural features of insect lipoproteins (Pattnaik et al, 1979;Van der Horst, 1982). An intriguing question remains why protein fraction C participates in the lipoprotein fractions elevated during flight.…”

Lipophorin as a yolk precursor in Hyalophora cecropia: Uptake kinetics and competition with vitellogenin

“…Vg is a heterotetramer of two types of apoproteins (a2b2) which leaves open the possibility that it is a bivalent ligand. By contrast if Hyulophora HDLp structure is similar to Manducu it contains only single units of its two major apoproteins [27].…”