Sialokinin-2 is an invertebrate tachikinin-like peptide that shares the F-X-GLM-NH2 vertebrate consensus. It was first purified from the salivary gland of Aedes aegypti (Yellow fever mosquito), and was shown to have potent vasodilatory potency on mammals. Satake, H; et al., Zool. Sci., 20, 533, (2003); Champagne, DE; Ribeiro, JM., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 91, 138 (1994).
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