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Ecdysome 20-hydroxylase from the midgut of the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta L.). |
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| Authors: | H N Nigg J A Svoboda M J Thompson S R Dutky J N Kaplanis W E Robbins |
| Abstract: | An ecdysone 20-hydroxylase enzyme system that converts alpha-ecdysone to 20-hydroxyecdysone was prepared from the midgut of the tobacco hornworm prepupa. This partially purified enzyme is NADPH dependent and is localized in the mitochondrial fraction of the midgut tissue. |
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