Review Article
The Importance of GLWamide Neuropeptides in Cnidarian Development and Physiology
Table 1
Structure and function of GLWamide-family peptides isolated from Hydra and Anthopleura.
| Name | Structure | Function |
| Hym-53 | NPYPGLWamide | Myoactivity and Metamorphosis | Hym-54 | GPMTGLWamide | Myoactivity and Metamorphosis | Hym-248 | EPLPIGLWamide | Myoactivity, Metamorphosis, and Settlement | Hym-249 | KPIPGLWamide | Myoactivity and Metamorphosis | Hym-331 | GPPPGLWamide | Myoactivity and Metamorphosis | Hym-338 | GPPhPGLWamide | Myoactivity and Metamorphosis | Hym-370 | KPNAYKGKLPIGLWamide | Myoactivity and Metamorphosis | MMA | pQQPGLWamide | Myoactivity and Metamorphosis |
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hP: hydroxyproline. pQ: pyroglutamate.
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