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PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
卷 28, 期 4, 页码 283-289出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2003.00344.x
关键词
adipokinetic neuropeptides; convergent evolution; Ensifera; isolation of peptides; mass spectrometry; phylogeny
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Adipokinetic neuropeptides, from the corpora cardiaca of various species of the suborder Ensifera, encompassing members of all superfamilies (except the Gryllacridoidea), were isolated by liquid chromatography, and identified structurally by comparison of retention times and mass spectrometry data with respect to information from known members of this peptide family. Ensiferan species always contain only one adipokinetic hormone (AKH) peptide, as assessed for a few species by monitoring typical AKH mass peaks from a crude corpora cardiaca extract. This AKH is an octapeptide, and is either Scg-AKH-II (pGlu-Leu-Asn-Phe-Ser-Thr-Gly-Trp amide) which occurs in all Tettigoniidea (except Schizodactyloidea) and in Gryllotalpoidea, or Grb-AKH (pGlu-Val-Asn-Phe-Ser-Thr-Gly-Trp amide) which occurs in Grylloidea (except Gryllotalpoidea) and Schizodactyloidea. Using the structural information of these neuropeptides in conjunction with morpho-anatomical characters, these data are interpreted in a phylogenetic framework. The lack of a decapeptide and the presence of the octapeptide Scg-AKH-II are ancestral in Ensifera. The ancestral Scg-AKH-II twice underwent an independent and convergent modification to Grb-AKH.
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