Authors
EMMANUEL G Fragoulis, CONSTANTIN E Sekeris
Publication date
1975/1/1
Journal
Biochemical Journal
Volume
146
Issue
1
Pages
121-126
Publisher
Portland Press Ltd.
Description
The activity of the enzyme dopa (3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) decarboxylase, present in the epidermis cells of blowfly larvae, increases during the late third instar under the influence of the steroid hormone, ecdysone. By using the double-labelling technique and immune precipitation with univalent antibody to dopa decarboxylase, we demonstrated that the increase in enzyme activity was due to a stimulation of synthesis of enzyme molecules de novo. In this respect, the action of ecdysone is similar to the action of other steroid hormones.
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EG Fragoulis, CE Sekeris - Biochemical Journal, 1975