Daphnia Halloween genes that encode cytochrome P450s mediating the synthesis of the arthropod molting hormone: Evolutionary implications
Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Ecology and Evolution
- Vol. 8 (1) , 60
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-60
Abstract
In crustaceans and insects, development and reproduction are controlled by the steroid hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E). Like other steroids, 20E, is synthesized from cholesterol through reactions involving cytochrome P450s (CYPs). In insects, the CYP enzymes mediating 20E biosynthesis have been identified, but evidence of their probable presence in crustaceans is indirect, relying solely on the ability of crustaceans to synthesize 20E.Keywords
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