title: Rhesus monkey gastroenteropancreatic hormones: relationship to human sequences.
abstract: The amino acid sequences of the gastroenteropancreatic peptides of Old World mammals are generally well-conserved. However, only the glucagons and vasoactive intestinal polypeptides (VIP) have been shown to be identical among the species studied to date. Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) insulin has been shown to be identical with human insulin. The question addressed in this study is whether other gastroenteropancreatic peptides are identical to the human peptides. Purification and sequencing of glucagon, pancreatic polypeptide, VIP and insulin confirmed their identity with the corresponding human peptides. However, the 17 amino acid monkey gastrin is identical to dog gastrin and differs from human gastrin by substitution of methionine for leucine at position 5 from the N-terminus and alanine for glutamic acid in position 10. If additional rhesus monkey tissues become available, it would be of interest to determine whether other gastrointestinal peptides also differ from the corresponding human peptides.
authors.affiliation: Solomon A. Berson Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Yalow
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004285:Dogs; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010187:Pancreatic Hormones / Q000235:genetics*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D010187:Pancreatic Hormones; D010446:Peptide Fragments