Figure 8

The predicted phospholipase A1-like (PLA1) from T. bicarinatum . (A) Amino acid alignment of the sequences of PLA1-like from T. bicarinatum Tb31783 with PLA1 from S. invicta [GenBank: Q68KK0], Vespa crabro [GenBank: P0CH87], Vespula vulgaris [GenBank: P49369], Vespula maculifrons [GenBank: P51528] and Vespula germanica [GenBank: Q3ZU95]. Red boxes indicate PLA1 active sites according to [38] and green arrowheads indicate unique features for T. bicarinatum PLA1-like. Strictly conserved and non-conserved cysteine residues are shaded with black and grey, respectively. (B) Phylogenetic relationships of PLA1 from insect species based on amino acid sequence alignment. Numbers at nodes indicate bootstrap supports based on 100 replicates. Protein codes are as described in Figure 8A.