Insect phenoloxidase (PO) participates in melanotic encapsulation, wound recovery, and cuticle sclerotization. 1998, 2003a, 2003b), and (Wang et al., 2001). There is at least one regulatory clip domain at the amino terminus of these enzymes. Clip domains, initially identified in the horseshoe crab proclotting enzyme (Muta et al., 1990), are frequently found in arthropod SPs… Continue reading Insect phenoloxidase (PO) participates in melanotic encapsulation, wound recovery, and cuticle