Functional characterization of alkaline phosphatases involved alarm pheromone in the vetch aphid .

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Department of Entomology and MOA Key Laboratory for Monitoring and Environment-Friendly Control of Crop Pests, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.

Published: November 2023

The alkaline phosphatases (ALPs) are highly promiscuous enzymes and have been extensively investigated in mammals for their medical significance, but their functional promiscuity is relatively poorly understood in insects. Here, we first identified four ALP genes (designated as ) in the vetch aphid that contained one alkaline phosphatase site, three metal-binding sites, and varied other functional sites. Phylogenetic analysis, molecular docking and the spatiotemporal expression profiling of were very different, indicating a promiscuous functionality. We also found that MvALP4 involved the biosynthesis of aphid alarm pheromones (EβF) and . Finally, transcriptome analysis in the stimulated and unstimulated aphids supported the involvement of MvALPs in the biosynthesis of aphid alarm pheromones. Our study identified a multifunctional ALP involved terpene synthase enzyme activity in the aphid, which contributes to the understanding of the functional plasticity of ALPs in insects.

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