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.