Prediction of the neuropeptidomes of members of the Astacidea (Crustacea, Decapoda) using publicly accessible transcriptome shotgun assembly (TSA) sequence data

• Published in: General and comparative endocrinology Vol. 224; pp. 38 - 60
• Main Authors: Christie, Andrew E., Chi, Megan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Astacidea; Astacoidea - classification; Astacoidea - genetics; Astacoidea - metabolism; Bioinformatics; Cambaridae; Cherax quadricarinatus; Computational Biology - methods; Computer Simulation; Crayfish; Decapoda; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Freshwater; Homarus americanus; Marine; Molecular Sequence Data; Neurohormone; Neuropeptide; Neuropeptides - analysis; Phylogeny; Pontastacus leptodactylus; Procambarus clarkii; Proteome - analysis; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Transcriptome; Transcriptome shotgun assembly; Neurohormone; Transcriptome shotgun assembly; Crayfish; Bioinformatics; Neuropeptide

•Peptide-encoding transcripts from three crayfish species were identified.•176 distinct peptide structures were predicted for Procambarus clarkii.•The first astacidean isoforms of CCHamide and eclosion hormone were predicted.•The first intocin, neuroparsins and RYamides from the Astacidea were ident...