title: Structure-activity relationship of crustacean peptide hormones.
abstract: In crustaceans, various physiological events, such as molting, vitellogenesis, and sex differentiation, are regulated by peptide hormones. To understanding the functional sites of these hormones, many structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies have been published. In this review, the author focuses the SAR of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone-family peptides and androgenic gland hormone and describes the detailed results of our and other research groups. The future perspectives will be also discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Applied Biochemistry, School of Engineering , Tokai University , Hiratsuka , Japan.
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katayama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea; D006728:Hormones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D010455:Peptides
keywords: androgenic gland hormone; crustacean hyperglycemic hormone; insulin-like androgenic gland factor; molt-inhibiting hormone; structure–activity relationship