FMRFamide and related peptides in the phylum mollusca

Peptides. 2008 Feb;29(2):310-7. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.09.025. Epub 2007 Dec 5.

Abstract

FMRFamide is one of the well-known peptides studied within the phylum Mollusca. It was first isolated from the clam Macrocallista nimbosa during the end of the 1960s. Since then, a number of reports related to FMRFamide have been published from different experimental approaches, revealing that it and its related peptides (FaRPs) are implicated in a variety of physiological processes. As this year is the 30th anniversary since its discovery, this review focuses on diverse findings related to both FMRFamide and FaRPs in the phylum Mollusca.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • FMRFamide / metabolism
  • FMRFamide / physiology*
  • Mollusca / chemistry
  • Mollusca / physiology*
  • Neuropeptides / metabolism
  • Neuropeptides / physiology*

Substances

  • Neuropeptides
  • FMRFamide