RESUMO

Hexokinase enzyme was studied by means of starch-agarose gel electrophoresis in Plebeia droryana. Three anodal bands with enzyme activity were observed during the development: hexokinase-1 (HK-1), the intensity of which increases from larvae to adult, probably related with energy supply to thoracic flight muscles and, therefore, with flight activity; hexokinase-2 (HK-2), that reaches maximum intensity in clear brown eyed pupae and hexokinase-3 (HK-3), the intensity of which reaches maximum peak in winged pupae and is not observed in the adult phase. This isozyme should have important functions in the bee metamorphosis.

Assuntos

Abelhas/enzimologia , Voo Animal/fisiologia , Hexoquinase/análise , Isoenzimas/análise , Animais , Abelhas/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Eletroforese em Gel de Amido , Larva/enzimologia