title: Isolation and partial structure of a unique lipophilic peptide, VAP peptide, from the heads of male silkworm moths.
abstract: A new lipophilic peptide was isolated from the MeOH-CH2Cl2 extract of adult heads of the male silkworm, Bombyx mori, by monitoring the diapause egg-inducing activity. Partial amino acid sequencing (1-55) revealed this peptide to be a unique type having a high content of lipophilic amino acids, Val, Ala, and Pro, and many repeating sequences. The compound was thus named VAP peptide.
authors.affiliation: School of Bioresources, Mie University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komiya
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000737:chemistry*; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007301:Insect Hormones; D009479:Neuropeptides; C115047:VAP peptide