title: Structure of bovine P2 basic protein: sequence of a carboxyterminal segment that is a neuritogen in rabbits.
abstract: The sequence of the carboxyterminal 18 amino acids released by cyanogen bromide digestion of the bovine P2 protein was determined. It has several interesting structural and immunological properties. It contains the only two half-cystines in the molecule that have the capacity to form an intrachain disulfide bond. Using the rabbit as a test animal, this carboxyterminal peptide was capable of producing experimental allergic neuritis. The sequence of this peptide is Val-Val-Glu-Cys-Lys-Met-Lys-Asp-Val-Val-Cys-Thr-Arg-Ile-Tyr-Glu-Lys-Val.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000276:immunology; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein; D009443:Neuritis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments