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Author Spotlight: Efficient Venom Extraction Method from Trichogramma Parasitoid Wasps
Published on: October 6, 2023
Analysis of venom sac constituents from the solitary, aculeate wasp Cerceris rybyensis
Sachin Kote1, Jakub Faktor2, Irena Dapic1
1University of Gdansk, International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science, ul. Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland.
Abstract:
Solitary aculeate wasps are abundant and diverse hymenopteran insects that disable prey using venom. The venom may possess neuromodulation, immunomodulatory, metabolic-modulatory and antimicrobial functions. Venom analysis of transcriptomes and proteomes has been previously performed in social and parasitoid wasp species. We develop methodologies including mass spectrometry-based shotgun proteomics to analyse the protein constituents from venom sacs of the solitary aculeate wasp Cerceris rybyensis. The venom sac constituents of C. rybyensis are discussed with respect to other wasp species.
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