title: Biochemical problems of regulation by oligopeptides.
abstract: Some problems are considered which arise in biochemical studies on structure and function of natural oligopeptides consisting of 2-50 amino acid residues. The problems under consideration include the generation of oligopeptides from precursors, chemical structure, the role of functionally important radicals and spatial configuration, and structure-function relationships. Different types of regulation are shown mainly for oligopeptides involved in muscle contraction.
authors.affiliation: Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia. aaz@inbi.ras.ru
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Zamyatnin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000809:Angiotensins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000809:Angiotensins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D001920:Bradykinin