title: Studies on the disulfide bridges of sarafotoxins. Chemical synthesis of sarafotoxin S6B and its homologue with different disulfide bridges.
abstract: Sarafotoxin S6b, a strong vasocontractile peptide with 21 amino acid residues containing two sets of disulfide bridges, was chemically synthesized. The retention time on a reversed-phase HPLC, lethal and vasocontractile activities of natural sarafotoxin S6b agree with those of the synthetic [Cys1-15, Cys3-11]-sarafotoxin S6b. The combination of the disulfide bridges of sarafotoxin S6b is the same as that of endothelin-1, a mammalian vasocontractile peptide, which shows a high degree of sequence homology and shares several common pharmacological properties with sarafotoxins.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hojoh
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Takasaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004220:Disulfides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014757:Viper Venoms / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004220:Disulfides; D010455:Peptides; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014757:Viper Venoms; C057354:sarafotoxins s6; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C036813:lysyl endopeptidase