Biology:Paralytic peptides

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GBP_PSP
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Structure of a paralytic peptide from an insect, Manduca sexta
Identifiers
SymbolGBP_PSP
PfamPF02425
InterProIPR003463
SCOP21b1v / SCOPe / SUPFAM
OPM superfamily156
OPM protein2eqt

Paralytic peptides are a family of short (23 amino acids) insect peptides that halt metamorphosis of insects from larvae to pupae. These peptides contain one disulphide bridge. The family includes growth-blocking peptide (GBP) of Mythimna separata (Oriental armyworm) and the paralytic peptides from Manduca sexta (tobacco hawkmoth), Heliothis virescens (noctuid moth), and Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm) [1] as well as plasmatocyte-spreading peptide (PSP1).[2]

References

  1. "Isolation and identification of paralytic peptides from hemolymph of the lepidopteran insects Manduca sexta, Spodoptera exigua, and Heliothis virescens". Journal of Biological Chemistry 266 (20): 12873–7. July 1991. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)98775-2. PMID 2071576. 
  2. "Structure of the insect cytokine peptide plasmatocyte-spreading peptide 1 from Pseudoplusia includens". Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 (8): 4493–6. February 1999. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.8.4493. PMID 9988679. 
This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR003463