title: Purification of large neuromedin N (NMN) from canine intestine and its identification as NMN-125.
abstract: A large molecular form of neuromedin N (NMN), a neurotensin (NT)-related peptide, was purified to homogeneity from canine ileal mucosa. The amino acid sequence of its N-terminal 20 residues was found to be SDSEEEMKALEADLLTNMHT, which is identical to residues 24-43 of the cDNA-predicted NT/NMN precursor. Prior work had indicated that the NMN moiety was located at the C-terminus of large NMN. Having now defined both the N-terminus and C-terminus of large NMN, we note that this molecule must be comprised of 125 amino acids (including residues 24-148 of prepro NT/NMN) and we suggest that it be named NMN-125. This information also defines the signal peptide cleavage site as the cysteine-serine bond within the precursor. The amino acid composition of the isolated peptide and its molar extinction coefficient for absorbance at 280 nm were similar to those for the 24-148 segment of prepro NT/NMN. However, the empirically determined molecular weight (17 kDa) and the isoelectric point (pI = 5.4) were slightly higher than those predicted solely from the peptide's amino acid content (14.43 kDa and pI = 4.65, respectively). In total, these results indicate that the major NMN-related peptide found in canine ileum is 125 residues in length, extending from the putative signal peptide to the C-terminus of NMN, and that it might contain non-amino acid substituents.
authors.affiliation: Physiology Department, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Carraway
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Mitra
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007082:Ileum; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000737:chemistry*; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; C070650:neuromedin N-125