A review on Royal Jelly proteins and peptides

ANKG Ramanathan, AJ Nair, VS Sugunan - Journal of Functional Foods, 2018 - Elsevier
Royal Jelly (RJ) is a nutrient rich substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal glands of
young worker bees. Owing to the exceptional biological properties, RJ is used in …

Origin and function of the major royal jelly proteins of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) as members of the yellow gene family

A Buttstedt, RFA Moritz, S Erler - Biological Reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In the honeybee, Apis mellifera, the queen larvae are fed with a diet exclusively composed
of royal jelly (RJ), a secretion of the hypopharyngeal gland of young worker bees that nurse …

Production of knockout mutants by CRISPR/Cas9 in the European honeybee, Apis mellifera L.

H Kohno, S Suenami, H Takeuchi, T Sasaki, T Kubo - Zoological science, 2016 - BioOne
The European honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) is used as a model organism in studies of the
molecular and neural mechanisms underlying social behaviors and/or advanced brain …

Standard methods for Apis mellifera royal jelly research

FL Hu, K Bíliková, H Casabianca… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Royal jelly, a honey bee secretion, plays a critical role in caste determination in honey bees
because it serves as the source of nutrition for young larvae destined to become queens. It is …

Differential proteomic analysis of midguts from Nosema ceranae-infected honeybees reveals manipulation of key host functions

C Vidau, J Panek, C Texier, DG Biron… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2014 - Elsevier
Many invasive pathogens effectively bypass the insect defenses to ensure the completion of
their life cycle. Among those, an invasive microsporidian species, Nosema ceranae, can …

More than royal food - Major royal jelly protein genes in sexuals and workers of the honeybee Apis mellifera

A Buttstedt, RFA Moritz, S Erler - Frontiers in zoology, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background In the honeybee Apis mellifera, female larvae destined to become a
queen are fed with royal jelly, a secretion of the hypopharyngeal glands of young nurse …

[HTML][HTML] Major royal jelly proteins influence the neurobiological regulation of the division of labor among honey bee workers

Y Fang, M Feng, C Ma, O Rueppell, J Li - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Age-based division of labor among workers is a fundamental life-history trait of many social
insects, including the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera L. Extensive studies of the …

The rise and fall of major royal jelly proteins during a honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers' life

D Dobritzsch, D Aumer, M Fuszard, S Erler… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The genome of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) harbors nine transcribed major royal
jelly protein genes (mrjp1‐9) which originate from a single‐copy precursor via gene …

Molecular characteristics and physiological functions of major royal jelly protein 1 oligomer

S Tamura, S Amano, T Kono, J Kondoh… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Royal jelly contains numerous components, including proteins. Major royal jelly protein
(MRJP) 1 is the most abundant protein among the soluble royal jelly proteins. In its …

Quantitative neuropeptidome analysis reveals neuropeptides are correlated with social behavior regulation of the honeybee workers

B Han, Y Fang, M Feng, H Hu, Y Qi, X Huo… - Journal of proteome …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Neuropeptides play vital roles in orchestrating neural communication and physiological
modulation in organisms, acting as neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and …