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Table 3 Neurohypophysial hormones characterized in invertebrates

From: Characterization of the neurohypophysial hormone gene loci in elephant shark and the Japanese lamprey: origin of the vertebrate neurohypophysial hormone genes

Name

Peptide

Organism

Reference

Annetocin

Cys-Phe-Val-Arg-Asn-Cys-Pro-Thr-Gly (NH2)

Earthworm

(E. foetida)

[27]

Lys-conopressin

Cys-Phe-Ile-Arg-Asn-Cys-Pro-Lys-Gly (NH2)

Pond snail

(Lymnaea stagnalis)

[28, 29]

  

Geography cone

(Conus geographus)

[30]

  

Sea hare

(Aplysia kurodai)

[31]

  

Leech

(Erpbdella octoculata)

[32]

  

Imperial cone

(Conus imperialis)

[33]

Arg-conopressin

Cys-Ile-Ile-Arg-Asn-Cys-Pro-Arg-Gly (NH2)

Striped cone

(Conus striatus)

[30]

Cephalotocin

Cys-Phe-Ile-Arg-Asn-Cys-Pro-Ile-Gly (NH2)

Octopus

(Octopus vulgaris)

[42]

Octopressin

Cys-Phe-Trp-Thr-Ser-Cys-Pro-Ile-Gly (NH2)

Octopus

(Octopus vulgaris)

[41]

Inotocin

Cys-Leu-Ile-Thr-Asn-Cys-Pro-Ile-Gly (NH2)

Locust

(Locusta migratoria)

[34]

  

Red flour beetle

(Tribolium castaneum)

[35, 36]

  

Parasitic wasp

(Nasonia vitripennis)

[36]

Crustacean oxytocin/vasopressin-like peptide

Cys-Phe-Ile-Thr-Asn-Cys-Pro-Pro-Gly (NH2)

Water flea

(Daphnia pulex)

[36]

Ciona VP/oxytocin-related peptide (Ci-VP)

Cys-Phe-Phe-Arg-Asp-Cys-Ser-Asn-Met-Arp-Trp-Tyr-Arg

Sea squirt

(Ciona intestinalis)

[39]

Styela oxytocin-related peptide (SOP)

Cys-Tyr-Ile-Ser-Asp-Cys-Pro-Asn-Ser-Arg-Phe-Trp-Ser-Thr (NH2)

Potato sea squirt

(Styela plicata)

[40]

[Ile4]vasotocin

Cys-Tyr-Ile-Ile-Asn-Cys-Pro-Arg-Gly (NH2)

Amphioxus

(Branchiostoma floridae)

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