Global map of oxytocin/vasopressin-like neuropeptide signalling in insects.

ABSTRACT: Oxytocin and vasopressin mediate a range of physiological functions that are important for osmoregulation, reproduction, social behaviour, memory and learning. The origin of this signalling system is thought to date back ~600 million years. Oxytocin/vasopressin-like peptides have been identified in several invertebrate species and they appear to be functionally related across the entire animal kingdom. There is little information available about the biology of this peptide G protein-coupled receptor signalling system in insects. Recently over 200 insect genome/transcriptome datasets were released allowing investigation of the molecular structure and phylogenetic distribution of the insect oxytocin/vasopressin orthologue - inotocin peptides and their receptors. The signalling system is pres

SUBMITTER: Liutkeviciute Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5153645 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature