Mass spectrometric analysis of putative capa-gene products in Musca domestica and Neobellieria bullata. Conference Paper

abstract

• Neuropeptides of the capa-gene are typical of the abdominal neurosecretory system of insects. In this study, we investigated these peptides in two widely distributed and large pest flies, namely Musca domestica and Neobellieria bullata. Using a combination of MALDI-TOF and ESI-QTOF mass spectrometry, periviscerokinins and a pyrokinin were analyzed from single perisympathetic organ preparations. The species-specific peptide sequences differ remarkably between the related dipteran species. These differences could make it possible to develop peptide-analogs with group- or species-specific efficacy.

authors

• Russell, David

published proceedings

• Peptides

author list (cited authors)

• Predel, R., Russell, W. K., Tichy, S. E., Russell, D. H., & Nachman, R. J.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• Predel, Reinhard||Russell, William K||Tichy, Shane E||Russell, David H||Nachman, Ronald J

publication date

• October 2003

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Peptides  Journal

keywords

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Animals
• Diptera
• Drosophila Proteins
• Houseflies
• Insect Proteins
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Neuropeptides
• Neurosecretory Systems
• Sequence Alignment
• Species Specificity
• Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
• Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

PubMed Central ID

• 14706527

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.06.009

start page

• 1487

end page

• 1491

volume

• 24

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2003.06.009