Locustatachykinin I

Names

[ Name ]:
Locustatachykinin I

[Synonym ]:
LomTK I
Iocustatachykinin I
LocustatachykininI

Biological Activity

[Description]:

Locustatachykinin I is a insect tachykinin-related peptide isolated from Locusta migratoria. Locustatachykinin I exhibits sequence homologies with the vertebrate tachykinins. In Lacanobia, Locustatachykinin I is also a substrate for a deamidase[1][2].

[Related Catalog]:

Research Areas >> Endocrinology

Signaling Pathways >> Others >> Others

Research Areas >> Neurological Disease

[References]

[1]. L Schoofs, et al. Locustatachykinin I and II, two novel insect neuropeptides with homology to peptides of the vertebrate tachykinin family. FEBS Lett. 1990 Feb 26;261(2):397-401.

[2]. R Elwyn Isaac, et al. Inactivation of a tachykinin-related peptide: identification of four neuropeptide-degrading enzymes in neuronal membranes of insects from four different orders. Peptides. 2002 Apr;23(4):725-33.

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Density]:
1.46g/cm3

[ Molecular Formula ]:
C₄₃H₆₃N₁₃O₁₁

[ Molecular Weight ]:
938.04100

[ Exact Mass ]:
937.47700

[ PSA ]:
395.48000

[ LogP ]:
0.44610

[ Index of Refraction ]:
1.666

Locustatachykinin I

Names

Biological Activity

Chemical & Physical Properties

Related Compounds