title: Processing of an anglerfish somatostatin precursor to a hydroxylysine-containing somatostatin 28.
abstract: A novel 28-residue somatostatin (SS) has been isolated from anglerfish pancreatic islets and characterized by complete Edman degradation, peptide mapping, and amino acid analysis. The primary structure of this anglerfish SS-28 (aSS-28) containing hydroxylysine (Hyl) was established to be H-Ser-Val-Asp-Ser-Thr-Asn-Asn-Leu-Pro-Pro-Arg-Glu-Arg-Lys-Ala-Gly-Cys- Lys-Asn-Phe-Tyr-Trp-Hyl-Gly-Phe-Thr-Ser-Cys-OH. This sequence (with the exception of hydroxylysine-23, which is replaced by lysine) is identical to the sequence of the COOH-terminal 28 residues of prepro-SS II predicted on the basis of cDNA analysis [Hobart, P., Crawford, R., Shen, L., Pictet, R. & Rutter, W. J. (1980) Nature (London) 288, 137-141]. This is the first instance in which hydroxylysine (to date characteristically observed in collagen or collagen-like structures) has been found in a potential regulatory peptide. Chromatographic characterization of peptides, radiolabeled in islet culture, revealed that aSS-28 contained 10-12% of the radioactivity incorporated into the 8000- to 1000-dalton SS-like polypeptides, whereas 88-90% of this radioactivity was detected in anglerfish SS-14. It appears probable that aSS-28 represents the predominant primary cleavage product derived from prepro-SS II by cleavage at the COOH-terminal side of a single arginine. Based on knowledge of the collagen biosynthesis, it is speculated that hydroxylation may take place as an early post-translational event.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spiess
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Noe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D005399:Fishes; D006901:Hydroxylysine / Q000032:analysis; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000032:analysis; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D053561:Somatostatin-28
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011498:Protein Precursors; D006901:Hydroxylysine; D013004:Somatostatin; C028456:prosomatostatin; D053561:Somatostatin-28; D004247:DNA