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cNPDB: A comprehensive empirical crustacean neuropeptide database

Tran, V. N. H.; Duong, T. U.; Fields, L.; Tourlouskis, K.; Beaver, M.; Li, L.

2025-08-01 bioinformatics
10.1101/2025.07.29.667494 bioRxiv
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Neuropeptides, key signaling molecules essential for dynamic regulation of biological processes, have been studied via crustacean model systems for more than 40 years. We present cNPDB, the first centralized resource dedicated to this dynamic area of research, promisingly accelerating crustacean neuropeptidome research and offering a blueprint for cross-species translational studies of neuropeptide signaling. cNPDB is comprised of 1364 published neuropeptides from 29 crustacean species, each annotated with corresponding taxonomic information, computed physicochemical properties, spatial localization, and predicted three-dimensional structure. The intuitive web-interface supports keyword and property-based filtering, sequence alignment, property calculation, and links to available mass spectrometry imaging data, streamlining discovery. O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=109 SRC="FIGDIR/small/667494v1_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (40K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@ec5445org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@19084a3org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@f4228dorg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@89504_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG

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