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 hormone44
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.

Wegener and Gorbashov Genome Biology 2008 9:R131   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-8-r131

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