Figure 3

Locusta migratoria Tachykinin Precursor (top) and MS spectrum displaying the monoisotopic masses of 5 different Tachykinins (bottom). Amino acid sequence corresponding to the ORF of CO848687. The signal peptide as predicted by SignalP is shown in italic, possible amidation and dibasic cleavage sites are indicated in bold, possible tachykinin-like peptides are marked. MALDI-TOF mass spectrum of the first abdominal ganglion of Locusta migratoria. Masses corresponding to tachykinin peptides are marked (r.i. is relative intensity, m/z is mass to charge ratio).