title: Molecular cloning and expression of cDNA encoding a brain bombesin/gastrin-releasing peptide-like peptide in goldfish.
abstract: A complementary DNA (cDNA) of 928 bp encoding a bombesin (BBS)/gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) precursor was identified from goldfish brain. Goldfish BBS/GRP messenger RNA (mRNA) encodes a 157 amino acid precursor, which contains a signal peptide sequence, the 22 amino acid putative BBS/GRP-like peptide, and a carboxy-terminal extension peptide. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (RT-PCR) demonstrated that the mRNA for this precursor has a widespread distribution in goldfish brain, and is also present in skin, gastrointestinal tract, gonad, and gill. Phylogenetic analysis of BBS/GRP-like peptide precursors in vertebrates shows that goldfish BBS/GRP is more closely related to the known GRP precursors than to BBS precursors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, T6G 2E9, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Volkoff
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peyon
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001839:Bombesin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005260:Female; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006054:Goldfish; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide; D001839:Bombesin