Free-ranging herbivores have yearly life cycles that generate dynamic resource needs.
Honey bee colonies also have a yearly life cycle that might generate nutritional …

The Hemiptera comprise the most species-rich order of the hemimetabolous insects.
Members of a number of superfamilies, most notably especially the more basal ones such as …

Abstract Adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) in Arthopoda are characterized by special sequence
features including limited choices of amino acid residues in certain positions, such as Trp in …

Small neuropeptides from the corpora cardiaca are responsible in cockroaches for the
mobilisation of trehalose from the fat body into the haemolymph. Such hypertrehalosaemic …

The importance of insects in our ecosystems is undeniable. The indiscriminate use of broad-
spectrum insecticides is a factor in the decline in insect biomass. We identify and sequence …

Neuropeptides are the main regulators of physiological, developmental, and behavioural
processes in insects. Three insect neuropeptide systems, the adipokinetic hormone (AKH) …

The adipokinetic hormone/corazonin-related peptide (ACP) is an insect neuropeptide
structurally intermediate between corazonin (CRZ) and adipokinetic hormone (AKH). Unlike …

Lepidoptera is amongst one of the four most speciose insect orders and ecologically very
successful because of their ability to fly. Insect flight is always aerobic and exacts a high …

Structure–activity studies for the adipokinetic hormone receptor of insects were for the first
time performed in a cellular expression system. A series of single amino acid replacement …

Background: Adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) regulate important physiological processes in
insects. AKHs are short peptides with blocked termini and Trp in position 8. Often, proline …