Peptide and protein pheromones in molluscs

Abraham J. Susswein; Gregg T. Nagle

doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2003.11.027

Peptide and protein pheromones in molluscs

Abraham J. Susswein, Gregg T. Nagle

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Abstract

Pheromones have been implicated in the control of a number of behaviors in molluscs, but few peptide pheromones have been characterized in these animals. Peptide pheromones include: (1) a family of water-borne peptide pheromonal attractants (attractins) in the gastropod Aplysia that are released during egg laying and attract other Aplysia to form egg-laying and mating aggregations; (2) a tetrapeptide (ILME) in the cephalopod Sepia that elutes from egg masses and is thought to be involved in the transport of oocytes in the genital tract during egg laying; and (3) a Sepia sperm-attracting peptide (SepSAP; PIDPGVamide) that is released from oocytes during egg laying to facilitate external fertilization.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1523-1530
Number of pages	8
Journal	Peptides
Volume	25
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2003.11.027
State	Published - Sep 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aplysia
Attractin
Bursatella
ILME
Loligo
Mollusc
PIDPGVamide
Peptide pheromone
Sepia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Physiology
Endocrinology
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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