Molecular Cloning, Genomic Organization, and Expression of a B-Type (Cricket-Type) Allatostatin Preprohormone from Drosophila melanogaster

Add time:08/05/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

The insect allatostatins obtained their names because they block the biosynthesis of juvenile hormone (a terpenoid) in the corpora allata (two endocrine organs near the insect brain). Chemically, the allatostatins can be subdivided into three different peptide groups: the A-type allatostatins, first discovered in cockroaches, which have the C-terminal sequence Y/FXFGLamide in common; the B-type allatostatins, first discovered in crickets, which all have the C-terminal sequence W(X)6Wamide; and the C-type allatostatins, first discovered in the moth Manduca sexta, which have an unrelated and nonamidated C terminus. We have previously reported the structure of an A-type allatostatin preprohormone from the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. Here we describe the molecular cloning of a B-type prepro-allatostatin from Drosophila (DAP-B). DAP-B is 211 amino acid residues long and contains one copy each of the following putative allatostatins: AWQSLQSSWamide (drostatin-B1), AWKSMNVAWamide (drostatin-B2),

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