Insulin-like Peptides of the Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis and Their Mediation of Immature Development.

ABSTRACT: Insulin-like peptides (ILPs) mediate various physiological processes in insects. Specifically, ILP expression is required for immature development in different insects. The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, is polyphagous, but its occurrence and population density vary among different hosts. This study assesses the developmental variations in the thrips through quantitative analysis of their ILP expressions. Two types of ILPs (Fo-ILP1 and Fo-ILP2) were identified from the genome of F. occidentalis, and both ILPs were predicted to have the characteristics of signal peptides and B-C-A chains linked by cysteines. A phylogenetic analysis indicates that these two ILPs in the thrips are clustered with the I

SUBMITTER: Kim CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9864108 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature