Expression and Purification of the Melittin Gene from Polistes hebraeus by the GST Gene Fusion System

The venoms of Hymenopteran social waspsand bees such as hornets, paper wasps and honey-bees are used to defend themselves and their lar-vae. Stinging with these venoms can produce se-vere pain, local damage and occasionally death inlarge vertebrates including man. Comparing withhoney bees, solitary wasps use their venoms in adifferent way, for preying on the captures. Theyinject their venoms to insects or spiders and para-lyze the preys to feed their larvae[1,2]. Melittin, theprincipal protei…