Fallon A M, Wyatt G R
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1975 Dec 5;411(2):173-85. doi: 10.1016/0304-4165(75)90297-4.
Guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic GMP) was found in the accessory gland of reproductively mature male house crickets (Acheta domesticus (L.)) up to the exceptionally high level of 500 pmol/mg protein (10(-4) mol/kg wet weight). The identity of cricket cyclic GMP was confirmed by enzymatic and spectral analysis. A survey of 10 closely related species of Orthoptera indicated that high levels of cyclic GMP in the accessory gland occur in the subfamily Gryllinae, to which A. domesticus belongs. In these crickets, cyclic GMP in the accessory gland increases together with protein content during two weeks after the final molt. Levels are not augmented by dissection, and are independent of the presence of sperm in the seminal vesicles and of the production of spermatophores by the gland. The function of cyclic GMP in the accessory gland is not yet understood.
在生殖成熟的雄性家蟋蟀（Acheta domesticus (L.)）的附腺中发现了3',5'-环磷酸鸟苷（环鸟苷酸），其含量高达500皮摩尔/毫克蛋白质（10⁻⁴摩尔/千克湿重），这一水平异常之高。通过酶促分析和光谱分析证实了蟋蟀环鸟苷酸的特性。对10种近缘直翅目物种的调查表明，家蟋蟀所属的蟋蟀亚科的附腺中存在高水平的环鸟苷酸。在这些蟋蟀中，附腺中的环鸟苷酸在最后一次蜕皮后的两周内随着蛋白质含量的增加而增加。解剖不会增加其含量，且其水平与精囊中精子的存在以及腺体产生精包囊无关。附腺中环鸟苷酸的功能尚不清楚。
