title: Two gonadotropin-releasing hormones from African catfish (Clarias gariepinus).
abstract: Two forms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) have been purified from brain extracts of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, using reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and radioimmunoassay (RIA). The amino acid sequences of both forms of African catfish GnRH were determined using Edman degradation after digestion with pyroglutamyl aminopeptidase. In addition, both GnRHs were studied by mass spectrometry. The primary structure of African catfish GnRH I is identical to Thai catfish GnRH I, pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-His-Gly-Leu-Asn-Pro-Gly-NH2, and the primary structure of African catfish GnRH II is identical to the widely distributed and highly conserved chicken GnRH II, pGlu-His-Trp-Ser-His-Gly-Trp-Tyr-Pro-Gly-NH2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Zoology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bogerd
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Janssen-Dommerholt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goos
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002397:Catfishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone