Isolation of less than Glu-Gly-Leu-Arg-Trp-NH2 (Antho-RWamide II), a novel neuropeptide from sea anemones.
Using a radioimmunoassay for the peptide sequence Arg-Phe-NH2 (RFamide), a novel peptide has been purified from acetic acid extracts of the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima. This peptide has the structure less than Glu-Gly-Leu-Arg-Trp-NH2, and was named Antho-RWamide II. Antho-RWamide II is a neuropeptide. Its structure is closely related to an earlier characterized neuropeptide from Anthopleura less than Glu-Ser-Leu-Arg-Trp-NH2 (Antho-RWamide I).
D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000032:analysis*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012615:Sea Anemones / Q000032:analysis*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D009479:Neuropeptides; C057541:Antho-RWamide II