title: The evolution of gonadotropins: some molecular data concerning a non-mammalian pituitary gonadotropin, the hormone from a teleost fish (Cyprinus carpio L.).
abstract: The amino acid and sugar compositions as well as long N-terminal sequences and the C-terminal amino acids of the two subunits of carp gonadotropin, SU I and SU II, were determined. An important homology was demonstrated between SU I and alpha-subunits and between SU II and beta-subunits of mammalian gonadotropins. Moreover SU II was more closely related to the beta-subunit of LH than to the beta-subunit of FSH.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone