title: Cloning, expression and processing of the CP2 neuropeptide precursor of Aplysia.
abstract: The cDNA sequence encoding the CP2 neuropeptide precursor is identified and encodes a single copy of the neuropeptide that is flanked by appropriate processing sites. The distribution of the CP2 precursor mRNA is described and matches the CP2-like immunoreactivity described previously. Single cell RT-PCR independently confirms the presence of CP2 precursor mRNA in selected neurons. MALDI-TOF MS is used to identify additional peptides derived from the CP2 precursor in neuronal somata and nerves, suggesting that the CP2 precursor may give rise to additional bioactive neuropeptides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. vilim@inka.mssm.edu
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Vilim
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alexeeva
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Moroz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Moroz
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Sweedler
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001048:Aplysia; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009479:Neuropeptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C103537:cerebral peptide 2