Proctolin
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proctolin-295-6405496
title:
Proctolin
text:
Proctolin is a neuropeptide present in insects and crustaceans. It was first found in Periplaneta americana, a species of cockroach in 1975. Proctolin was extracted from 125,000 cockroaches and the Edman degradation was carried out on the sample to determine the amino acid sequence, which is Arg-Tyr-Leu-Pro-Thr. Proctolin was the first insect neuropeptide to be sequenced. Starratt and Brown identified it as a visceral muscle neurotransmitter. However, it now appears that there are many more func
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description:
Chemical compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proctolin
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date modified:
2022-07-28T02:26:40Z
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