Abstract
Adipokinetic hormone, isolated from locust corpora cardiaca, has been identified as a blocked pep-tide : PCA–Leu–Asn–Phe–Thr–Pro–Asn–Trp–Gly–Thr–NH2. The detailed structure is based on mass spectrometric data, substantiated in part by dansylEdman and carboxypeptidase data on thermolytic fragments. This is the first peptide hormone from an insect neuroendocrine organ to be fully characterised.
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Stone, J., Mordue, W., Batley, K. et al. Structure of locust adipokinetic hormone, a neurohormone that regulates lipid utilisation during flight. Nature 263, 207–211 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263207a0
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