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flp-21 encodes a single FMRFamide-related neuropeptide (FaRP) that serves as a ligand for NPR-1, a G protein-coupled receptor that regulates social versus solitary feeding behavior in several Caenorhabditis species; genetic analysis suggests that FLP-21 acts through NPR-1 to inhibit social feeding behavior; FLP-21 is expressed in the ADL, ASE and ASH sensory neurons, the URA motor neurons, the MC, M2 and M4 pharyngeal neurons, and the intestine; flp-21 encodes the only FMRFamide-related neuropeptide (FaRP) encoded by the C. elegans genome that activates both the social (215F) and the solitary (215V) forms of NPR-1 in both Xenopus oocytes and pharyngeal assays.

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