Frank Hauser, Marisa Stebegg, Tara Al-Ribaty, Lea B Petersen, Mads Møller, Markus H Drag, Haraldur H Sigurdsson, Martin J Vilhelm, Gedske Thygesen, Cornelis J P Grimmelikhuijzen
Insects have about 50 neuropeptide genes and about 70 genes, coding for neuropeptide G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). An important, but small family of evolutionarily related insect neuropeptides consists of adipokinetic hormone (AKH), corazonin, and AKH/corazonin-related peptide (ACP). Normally, insects have one specific GPCR for each of these neuropeptides. The tick Ixodes scapularis is not an insect, but belongs to the subphylum Chelicerata, which comprises ticks, scorpions, mites, spiders, and horseshoe crabs...
May 3, 2024: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications