Bioinformatic prediction of arthropod/nematode-like peptides in non-arthropod, non-nematode members of the Ecdysozoa

• Published in: General and comparative endocrinology Vol. 170; no. 3; pp. 480 - 486
• Main Authors: Christie, Andrew E, Nolan, Daniel H, Garcia, Zachery A, McCoole, Matthew D, Harmon, Sarah M, Congdon-Jones, Benjamin, Ohno, Paul, Hartline, Niko, Congdon, Clare Bates, Baer, Kevin N, Lenz, Petra H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-02-2011
• Subjects: A-type allatostatin (A-AST); allatostatin; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Arthropoda; arthropods; Arthropods - genetics; bioinformatics; C-type allatostatin (C-AST); Calcitonin-like diuretic hormone (CLDH); Computational Biology; diuretic hormone; Ecdysozoa; Endocrinology & Metabolism; expressed sequence tags; FMRFamide-like peptide (FLP); Gene Expression Profiling; Hypsibius dujardini; Insect kinin; insects; Invertebrate Hormones - chemistry; Invertebrate Hormones - genetics; Invertebrates - genetics; Milnesium tardigradum; Nematoda; Nematoda - genetics; Neurohormone; Neuromodulator; Neuropeptide; Neuropeptides - chemistry; Neuropeptides - genetics; Onychophora; Orcokinin; Peripatopsis; Peripatopsis sedgwicki; Pigment-dispersing hormone (PDH); prediction; Priapulida; Priapulus caudatus; proteins; Tachykinin-related peptide (TRP); Tardigrada; Tardigrada - genetics; transcriptome; Transcriptomics; Tardigrada; FMRFamide-like peptide (FLP); Milnesium tardigradum; A-type allatostatin (A-AST); Orcokinin; Onychophora; Peripatopsis sedgwicki; Neuropeptide; Hypsibius dujardini; C-type allatostatin (C-AST); Pigment-dispersing hormone (PDH); Tachykinin-related peptide (TRP); Neuromodulator; Priapulus caudatus; Transcriptomics; Calcitonin-like diuretic hormone (CLDH); Neurohormone; Priapulida; Insect kinin
• ISSN: 0016-6480; 1095-6840
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.11.002

Research highlights ► Bioinformatics reveals that several arthropod/nematode peptide families are conserved in other Ecdysozoan phyla. ► The predicted peptides are highly similar to their arthropod and/or nematode counterparts. ► The identified transcripts and predicted peptides provide a foundation for future evolutionary and physiological studies in the “minor” ecdysozoan phyla.