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Tenebrio
A genus of beetles which infests grain products. Its larva is called mealworm.
Year introduced: 1972
SP23 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
structural proteins found in spermatophore or sperm sac of Tenebrio molitor; amino acid sequence given in second source; GenBank U39658
Date introduced: May 14, 1987
betaGly protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
isolated from the midgut lumen of Tenebrio molitor larvae; GenBank AF312017
Date introduced: December 12, 2001
ACP17 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
Cuticular protein; isolated from Tenebrio molitor; amino acid sequence in first source; GenBank AJ000043
Date introduced: July 9, 1998
encapsulation-relating protein 86, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
an 86 kDa diapause protein 1-like protein, component of early-staged encapsulation-relating (ERP) proteins from Tenebrio molitor larvae; amino acid sequence in first source; GenBank AB021700
Date introduced: June 29, 1999
LPCP29 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
isolated from Tenebrio molitor; amino acid sequence in first source; GenBank AJ000044
dsp28 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
from common yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor; amino acid sequence given in first source; GenBank U41298
Date introduced: December 16, 1996
tenecin 4 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
a defense protein against Gram-negative pathogens
Date introduced: March 26, 2012
MEP protein, 160 kDa, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
a 160 kDa vitellogenin-like protrein; amino acid sequence in first source; do not confuse with Mep protein that is a murine eph-family protein
Date introduced: August 10, 2000
ACP-22 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
an adult-specific cuticular protein gene from the beetle Tenebrio molitor; a circular protein, it plays a major role in determining the physical properties of cuticles; amino acid sequence given in first source; GenBank X72783
Date introduced: May 5, 1997
D2 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
isolated from tubular accessory gland secretions of yellow mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor; has been sequenced
Date introduced: June 13, 1996
D1 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
isolated from tubular accessory gland secretions from yellow mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor; has been sequenced
tenecin 3 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
isolated from Tenebrio molitor; amino acid sequence in first source; GenBank U30627
Date introduced: February 26, 1996
diuretic hormone, mealworm [Supplementary Concept]
a 37-amino acid peptide; MW 4,371 Da; amino acid sequence given in first source; GenBank A57127
Date introduced: January 29, 1996
tenecin 1 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
an inducible antibacterial protein from larvae of coleopteran, Tenebrio molitor; similar to sapecin & sepacin C of Sarcophaga; 43 amino acid residues; amino acid sequence given in first source; GenBank D17670
Date introduced: January 24, 1995
C2 protein, Tenebrio [Supplementary Concept]
heparin-binding, basic secretion product of the tubular accessory sex glands of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor; MW 21.9 kDa; closely related to C1 protein; GenBank M97262
Date introduced: March 23, 1994
C1 protein, Tenebrio [Supplementary Concept]
heparin-binding, basic secretion product of the tubular accessory sex glands of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor; MW 21.9 kDa; closely related to C2 protein; amino acid sequence given in first source
ACP-20 protein, Tenebrio molitor [Supplementary Concept]
amino acid sequence given in first source; a glycine-rich cuticular protein from Coleoptera T. molitor; ACP-20 gene expression is tissue-specific & developmentally regulated
Date introduced: July 21, 1992
Arthrocatena tenebrio [Supplementary Concept]
Date introduced: October 1, 2020