Orcokinins in insects and other invertebrates.

Abstract:

:Orcokinin (NFDEIDRSGFGFN) and orcokinin homologues are crustacean peptides eliciting potent myotropic effects in gut tissues. Through HPLC purification of brain extract of the cockroach Blattella germanica, we isolated the first insect orcokinin (NFDEIDRSGFNS). This insect orcokinin-like peptide do not show myotropic properties in B. germanica gut tissues. Gene database search using orcokinin precursor sequences of the crustacean Procambarus clarkii led to putative homologues found in non-crustacean groups, including the mosquito Anopheles gambiae and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

authors

Pascual N,Castresana J,Valero ML,Andreu D,Bellés X

doi

10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.07.005

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1141-6

issue

11

eissn

0965-1748

issn

1879-0240

pii

S0965-1748(04)00136-5

journal_volume

34

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