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. 2008 Aug 21;9(8):R131. doi: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-8-r131

Table 1.

Peptide genes and encoded peptides

Prepropeptide gene Encoded peptide families (number of paracopies) Paracopies (length) Amidation signal
Adipokinetic hormone (AKH) AKH (1) AKH (8) Y
Allatostatin A (ASTa) ASTa (4) ASTa-1 (8) Y
ASTa-2 (21) Y
ASTa-3 (8) Y
ASTa-4 (11) Y
Allatostatin C (ASTc) ASTc (1) ASTc (15) N
Capability (CAPA) Periviscerokinins- PVKs (2) CAPA-PVK-1 (12) Y
CAPA-PVK-2 (9-10) Y
Pyrokinins - PKs (1) CAPA-PK (15) Y
Crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) CCAP (1) CCAP (9) Y
Corazonin Corazonin (1) Corazonin (11) Y
Diuretic hormone31  (DH31) Diuretic hormones (1) DH31 (31) Y
Diuretic hormone 44 CRF-related hormones (1) DH44 (44) Y
Drosokinin Kinins (1) Drosokinin (15) Y
Ecdysis-triggering hormone (ETH) ETHs (2) ETH-1 (17-18) Y
ETH-2 (12-15) Y
Fmrf FMRFa-like peptides (10-17)* (6-11) Y
Hugin pyrokinins (1) HUG-PK (8) Y
IFamide IFamides (1) IFamide (12) Y
Myoinhibiting peptide (MIP) MIPs (5) MIP-1 (9) Y
MIP-2 (9) Y
MIP-3 (13) Y
MIP-4 (11) Y
MIP-5 (10) Y
Myosuppressin (MS) MS (1) MS (10) Y
Neuropeptide F (NPF) NPF (1) NPF (36) Y
NPLP1 'ASP' (1) 'ASP' (13-15) N
PNamides (1) PNamide (13-15) Y
'MTYamides' (1) 'MTYamide' (14) Y
Pigment-dispersing factor (PDF) PDFs (1) PDF (18) Y
Proctolin Proctolin (1) Proctolin (5) N
short neuropeptide Fs (sNPFs) sNPFs (4) sNPF-1 (11) Y
sNPF-2 (19) Y
sNPF-3 (6) Y
sNPF-4 (6) Y
Sulfakinin (SKs) SKs (3) SK-0 (7-9) Y/N
SK-1 (9) Y
Drosophila tachykinin (Dtk) DTKs (6) DTK-1 (10) Y
DTK-2 (9) Y
DTK-3 (9) Y
DTK-4 (10) Y
DTK-5 (15) Y
DTK-6 (9) Y

*Ten (D. mojavensis), 11 (D. ananassae), 12 (D. willistoni), 14 (D. erecta), 17 (D. grimshawi), 13 (all other species). The processed forms sNPF-14-11 and sNPF-212-19 are typically sequence-identical. Three SKs are predicted from the precursor. Only two have so far been biochemically demonstrated.