Fig. 1. Alignments and comparisons of deduced amino acid sequences of CCAP
precursor peptides from Callinectes sapidus, Carcinus maenas, Homarus
gammarus and Orconectes immunis. Identical and similar amino
acids are in black and grey shaded boxes, respectively. SP, signal peptide;
CCAP AP1, 2, crustacean cardioactive peptide associated peptides 1, 2; CCAP,
crustacean cardioactive peptide, CCAP AP3, 4, crustacean cardioactive peptide
associated peptides 3, 4. Gaps (-) have been introduced to maximise sequence
identities.