Structure of locust adipokinetic hormone, a neurohormone that regulates lipid utilisation during flight
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 263 (5574), 207-211
- https://doi.org/10.1038/263207a0
Abstract
Adipokinetic hormone, isolated from locust [Locusta migratoria, Schistocerca gregaria] corpora cardiaca, was identified as a blocked peptide: PCA [pyrrolidone carboxylic acid]-Leu-Asn-Phe-Thr-Pro-Asn-Trp-Gly-Thr-NH2. The detailed structure is based on mass spectrometric data, substantiated in part by dansyl-Edman and carboxypeptidase data on thermolytic fragments. This is the 1st peptide hormone from an insect neuroendocrine organ to be fully characterized.This publication has 39 references indexed in Scilit:
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