Amino-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence of the Silkworm Prothoracicotropic Hormone: Homology with Insulin
- 14 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 226 (4680) , 1344-1345
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.226.4680.1344
Abstract
Three molecular forms of prothoracicotropic hormone were isolated from the head of the adult silkworm, Bombyx mori , and the amino acid sequence of 19 amino acid residues in the amino terminus of these prothoracicotropic hormones was determined. These residues exhibit significant homology with insulin and insulin-like growth factors.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- Isolation and some characterization of the prothoracicotropic hormone from Bombyx moriGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology, 1984
- Species Specificity of the Insect Prothoracicotropic Hormone (PITH): the Presence of Bombyx‐and Samia‐Specific PTTHs in the Brain of Bombyx moriDevelopment, Growth & Differentiation, 1982
- Purification of insulin-like peptides from insect haemolymph and royal jellyInsect Biochemistry, 1982
- Purification and primary structure of a polypeptide with multiplication-stimulating activity from rat liver cell cultures. Homology with human insulin-like growth factor II.Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1981
- PURIFICATION AND PROPERTIES OF THE PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE OF THE SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORIDevelopment, Growth & Differentiation, 1978
- Primary structure of human insulin‐like growth factor IIFEBS Letters, 1978
- The amino acid sequence of human insulin-like growth factor I and its structural homology with proinsulin.Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1978
- PURIFICATION OF THE BRAIN HORMONE OF THE SILKWORM BOMBYX MORIThe Biological Bulletin, 1967
- STUDIES ON THE NECESSITY OF THE BRAIN FOR THE INCEPTION OF INSECT METAMORPHOSISThe Biological Bulletin, 1922