Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 31, 354-357, Copyright © 1990 by Lipid Research, Inc.
A simplified method for synthesizing juvenile hormone-protein conjugates
WG Goodman
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
A convenient and simple method is presented for the synthesis of juvenile
hormone-thyroglobulin conjugates. Methods previously described for this
hapten linkage have used a two-step process in which a reactive
intermediate was isolated and then used for conjugation. With the approach
described here, an efficient, single-step conjugation reaction is effected
between the carboxyl moiety of juvenile hormone III and the carrier
protein, bovine thyroglobulin. Isolation of the reactive intermediate is
eliminated. Isotopic dilution indicates that between 100 and 115 moles of
hapten are conjugated per mole of carrier protein.