title: Isolation of a cDNA encoding a CHH-family peptide from the silkworm Bombyx mori.
abstract: The crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) peptide family includes four types of neuropeptide in decapod and isopod crustaceans, and the ion-transport peptide in orthopteran insects. To identify a new member of this family in Insecta, a PCR-based search for cDNAs encoding CHH-family peptides was carried out in the silkworm Bombyx mori. A cDNA, named BmCHHL (Bombyx mori CHH-like protein), with an open reading frame of 110 amino acids was isolated. Sequence analyses suggested that the conceptual protein was a precursor of a peptide of 72 amino acids which was amidated at the carboxy terminus. The BmCHHL sequence exhibited significant similarities to members of the CHH family including the orthopteran ion-transport peptide. BmCHHL expression was detected in five or six cells (per hemisphere) in the frontal area of the brain in day 4 fifth instar larvae.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Marine Organisms, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D060829:Arthropod Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D015723:Gene Library; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007447:Invertebrate Hormones / Q000235:genetics*; D007814:Larva / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D060829:Arthropod Proteins; D007447:Invertebrate Hormones; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; C015947:hyperglycemic hormone, crustacean