Post-translational processing of preprotachykinins. Isolation of protachykinin-(1-37)-peptide from human adrenal-medullary phaeochromocytoma tissue. |
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Authors: | R Kage L Thim W Creutzfeldt and J M Conlon |
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Institution: | Department of Internal Medicine, University of Stellenbosch Medical School, Tygerberg, South Africa. |
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Abstract: | The biosynthetic precursors of the mammalian tachykinins, alpha-, beta-and gamma-preprotachykinins, contain a common N-terminal region of 74 amino acids. A polyclonal antiserum was raised against a synthetic peptide representing N-tyrosylated beta-preprotachykinin-(48-56)-peptide as predicted from the nucleotide sequence of cloned DNA complementary to human beta-preprotachykinin mRNA. By using this antiserum in radioimmunoassay, a single immunoreactive peptide was identified in an extract of a human pheochromocytoma that produced substance P and neurokinin A. Partial microsequencing and determination of the amino acid composition of the peptide indicated identity with preprotachykinin-(20-56)-peptide. Thus the data demonstrate that the Ala19-Glu20 bond in preprotachykinin is the site of cleavage of the signal peptide. |
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