title: Biosynthesis of phosphorylated forms of corticotropin-related peptides.
abstract: Phosphorylated forms of corticotropin[ACTH (1-39)], corticotropin-like intermediary lobe peptide[CLIP, ACTH (18-39)], and the common precursor for ACTH and beta-lipotropin (beta-LPH) have been identified in extracts of rat pituitaries, 32P-Labeled inorganic phosphate was successfully incorporated into ACTH (1-39), CLIP, and the ACTH/beta-LPH precursor in rat neurointermediary lobe explants and into ACTH (1-39) in isolated rat anterior pituitary cells. After peptidase digestion of the labeled CLIP and ACTH, the radioactive phosphate was recoverable as O-phosphoserine. The serine residue at position 31 was the only amino acid found to be phosphorylated in CLIP and ACTH (1-39). The unphosphorylated forms of both peptides were also synthesized. The demonstration of he incorporation of [32P]phosphate into CLIP, ACTH (1-39), and the ACTH/beta-LPH precursor is consistent with the hypothesis that, within the rat intermediary lobe, phosphorylated CLIP is derived from a phosphorylated form of the common precursor, with phosphorylated ACTH (1-39) acting as a biosynthetic intermediate.
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D053497:Corticotropin-Like Intermediate Lobe Peptide; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D008083:beta-Lipotropin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011498:Protein Precursors; D053497:Corticotropin-Like Intermediate Lobe Peptide; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D008083:beta-Lipotropin