Structure determination of a new juvenile hormone from a heteropteran insect.

ABSTRACT: The structure of the juvenile hormone (JH) in the suborder Heteroptera, order Hemiptera, has been known for a very long time to be different from the JH of other orders, but the structure has been a matter of controversy. The structure was first elucidated by an unprecedented approach involving the screening of a JH molecular library. The novel Heteroptera-specific JH (JHSB(3)) is a new category of JH that is featured by the skipped bisepoxide structure.

SUBMITTER: Kotaki T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2776382 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature