ISSN:
1423-0445
Keywords:
Key words. sex pheromone - marine invertebrates - marine polychaetes - Nereis succinea - sperm release - cysteine-glutathione disulfide - glutathione - peptides
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary. In the marine polychaete Nereis succinea (Frey & Leuckart 1847) a sex pheromone was isolated from the coelomic fluid of sexually mature females and identified by NMR studies and independent synthesis. This pheromone is released by the females during reproduction together with eggs and coelomic fluid into the free water column and induces sperm release of surrounding males. Its structure was ascertained as L-cysteine-glutathione disulfide. It exhibited a response threshold of 0.6 · 10−7 M.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00001801
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