Table 3.
Calculated sizes of high molecular weight proteins in various insect flight muscles
| M. sexta (Hawkmoth) | L. indicus (waterbug) | D. melana (fruit fly) | B. mori (Silk moth) | S. cynthia (Cynthia moth) | C. promethia (Promethea silkmoth) | A. luna (Luna moth) | V. virginiensis (Painted Lady Butterfly) | D. plexippus (Monarch Butterfly) | G. campestris (Cricket) | P. americana (cockroach) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (S-1) 2100 | 2100 | |||||||||
| (S-2) 1600 | 1600 | |||||||||
| (P-1) 1050 | 1090 | 1060 | 1040 | 1050 | 990 | 1040 | ||||
| (P-2) 960 | 910 | 860 | 930 | 950 | 930 | 890 | 940 | 890 | 920 | |
| (K-1) 710 | 700 | *700 | 730 | 800 | 720 | 750 | 740 | 780 | 810 | |
| (O) 610 | 670 | 600 | 670 | 640 | 660 | |||||
| (K-2) 490 | 500 | *540 | 610 | 570 | 520 | 540 | 520 | 500 |
*
From Kulke et al. [21]