Several large peptidic neurohormones have been isolated in crustaceans. In lobster and other related species, each of these neurohormones, and particularly the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone, occurs as two isoforms having the same peptidic sequence and molecular mass. We report here that these isoforms differ by the configuration of a single amino acid residue. The third residue (Phe3) of the lobster hyperglycemic hormones is in either the L- or D-configuration. In addition, we have shown that the biological activity of the two isoforms differs when considering the kinetics of their hyperglycemic effect.
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