Mise en evidence d'activateurs du plasminogene dans la salive d'un insecte predateur de la famille des reduviidae [heteroptera]

ABSTRACT

The study of digestive and salivary proteases of Rhapactor biparticeps, has shown hat the salivary glands of this insect are rich in proteolytic enzymes. however, the gut has none The characterisation of these enzymes on different substrates showed that they are only active on fibrinogen and pIasmatic proteins which are involved in the coagulation system. Among these fibrinolytic enzymes that has been identified and characterized, are the plasminogen activators. Their unexpected presence in he entomophagic insect is discussed