title: Isolation of four novel tachykinins from frog (Rana catesbeiana) brain and intestine.
abstract: In a survey for unknown bioactive peptides in frog (Rana catesbeiana) brain and intestine, we isolated four novel peptides that exhibit potent stimulant effects on smooth muscle preparation of guinea pig ileum. By microsequencing and synthesis, these peptides were identified as Lys- Pro- Ser- Pro- Asp- Arg- Phe- Tyr- Gly- Leu- Met- NH2 (ranatachykinin A), Tyr- Lys- Ser- Asp- Ser- Phe- Tyr- Gly- Leu- Met- NH2 (ranatachykinin B), His- Asn- Pro- Ala- Ser- Phe- Ile- Gly- Leu- Met- NH2 (ranatachykinin C) and Lys- Pro- Ans- Pro- Glu- Arg- Phe- Tyr- Ala- Pro- Met- NH2 (ranatachykinin D). Ranatachykinin (RTK) A, B and C conserve the C- terminal sequence, Phe- X- Gly- Leu- Met- NH2, which is common to known members of the tachykinin family. On the other hand, RTK-D has a striking feature in its C-terminal sequence, Phe- Tyr- Ala- Pro- Met- NH2, which has never been found in other known tachykinins, and may constitute a new subclass in the tachykinin family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kozawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minamino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kangawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002850:Chromatography, Gel / Q000379:methods; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007422:Intestines / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011892:Rana catesbeiana; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D015320:Tachykinins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015320:Tachykinins