title: Immunological identification of a common precursor to arginine vasopressin and neurophysin II synthesized by in vitro translation of bovine hypothalamic mRNA.
abstract: mRNA from membrane-bound polysomes of bovine hypothalamus was translated in an mRNA-dependent cell-free system from reticulocyte lysate or wheat germ. The translation products were identified by immunoprecipitation with antibodies to either neurophysin II or arginine vasopressin followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. An immunoreactive polypeptide was obtained with an apparent Mr of 21,000. Sequential immunoprecipitation studies indicated that the Mr 21,000 product is a common precursor to neurophysin II and arginine vasopressin. The specificity of the immunoprecipitation was demonstrated by competition with excess amounts of unlabeled neurophysin II or arginine vasopressin; little or no competition was observed with unlabeled neurophysin II or arginine vasopressin; little or no competition was observed with unlabeled neurophysin I or oxytocin. Processing experiments with microsomal membranes from dog pancreas or tunicamycin-treated ascites tumor cells showed that the Mr 21,000 polypeptide is the prepro form. It was converted to a pro form with Mr 19,000 suggesting a pre sequence of approximately 15 amino acids. The Mr 19,000 polypeptide was coreglycosylated to an apparent Mr of 23,000, indicating that the neurophysin II-arginine vasopressin precursor is a glycopolypeptide.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D007106:Immune Sera; D007118:Immunoassay; D009481:Neurophysins / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D011132:Polyribosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D014908:Triticum / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera; D009481:Neurophysins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin