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Nematode Pheromones: Structures and Functions

Pheromones are chemical signals secreted by one individual that can affect the behaviors of other individuals within the same species. Ascaroside is an evolutionarily conserved family of nematode pheromones that play an integral role in the development, lifespan, propagation, and stress response of...

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Autores principales: Yang, Biyuan, Wang, Jie, Zheng, Xi, Wang, Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10005090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36903652
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28052409
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author Yang, Biyuan
Wang, Jie
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Wang, Xin
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description Pheromones are chemical signals secreted by one individual that can affect the behaviors of other individuals within the same species. Ascaroside is an evolutionarily conserved family of nematode pheromones that play an integral role in the development, lifespan, propagation, and stress response of nematodes. Their general structure comprises the dideoxysugar ascarylose and fatty-acid-like side chains. Ascarosides can vary structurally and functionally according to the lengths of their side chains and how they are derivatized with different moieties. In this review, we mainly describe the chemical structures of ascarosides and their different effects on the development, mating, and aggregation of nematodes, as well as how they are synthesized and regulated. In addition, we discuss their influences on other species in various aspects. This review provides a reference for the functions and structures of ascarosides and enables their better application.
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spelling pubmed-100050902023-03-11 Nematode Pheromones: Structures and Functions Yang, Biyuan Wang, Jie Zheng, Xi Wang, Xin Molecules Review Pheromones are chemical signals secreted by one individual that can affect the behaviors of other individuals within the same species. Ascaroside is an evolutionarily conserved family of nematode pheromones that play an integral role in the development, lifespan, propagation, and stress response of nematodes. Their general structure comprises the dideoxysugar ascarylose and fatty-acid-like side chains. Ascarosides can vary structurally and functionally according to the lengths of their side chains and how they are derivatized with different moieties. In this review, we mainly describe the chemical structures of ascarosides and their different effects on the development, mating, and aggregation of nematodes, as well as how they are synthesized and regulated. In addition, we discuss their influences on other species in various aspects. This review provides a reference for the functions and structures of ascarosides and enables their better application. MDPI 2023-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10005090/ /pubmed/36903652 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28052409 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Wang, Jie
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Nematode Pheromones: Structures and Functions
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title_short Nematode Pheromones: Structures and Functions
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10005090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36903652
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28052409
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