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Characterization of bradykinin-related peptides generated in the plasma of six sarcopterygian species (African lungfish, amphiuma, coachwhip, bullsnake, gila monster, and Gray's monitor).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9748409     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Incubation of heat-denatured plasma from six species occupying different evolutionary positions within the Sarcopterygian lineage [the dipnoan, Protopterus annectens (African lungfish); the urodele, Amphiuma tridactylum (three-toed amphiuma); the colubrid snakes, Pituophis melanoleucus sayi (bullsnake) and Masticophis flagellum (coachwhip); and the lizards Heloderma suspectum (Gila monster) and Varanus Grayi (Gray's monitor)] with trypsin generated bradykinin-related peptides that were detected by radioimmunoassay using an antiserum raised against mammalian bradykinin (BK). The peptides were purified by HPLC and their primary structures were established as lungfish [Tyr1,Gly2,Ala7,Pro8]BK, amphiuma [Phe1,Ile2, Leu5]BK, bullsnake and coachwhip [Val1,Thr6]BK, Gila monster [Leu2, Thr6]BK, and Gray's monitor [Thr6]BK. Monitor BK is identical to the peptide generated in turtle and alligator plasma and coachwhip/bullsnake BK shows one amino acid substitution (Ala1 --> Val) compared with the peptide generated in the plasma of the python. The data provide further evidence for the widespread occurrence of a kallikrein-kininogen system in nonmammalian vertebrates but indicate that the primary structure of BK has been poorly conserved during evolution.
Authors:
Z Li; S M Secor; V A Lance; M A Masini; M Vallarino; J M Conlon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  General and comparative endocrinology     Volume:  112     ISSN:  0016-6480     ISO Abbreviation:  Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.     Publication Date:  1998 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-11-10     Completed Date:  1998-11-10     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370735     Medline TA:  Gen Comp Endocrinol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  108-14     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 1998 Academic Press.
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, 68178, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Bradykinin / blood*
Chromatography, Gel
Colubridae / blood*
Fishes / blood*
Lizards / blood*
Peptide Fragments / blood,  isolation & purification
Radioimmunoassay
Sequence Alignment
Species Specificity
Trypsin / metabolism
Urodela / blood*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Peptide Fragments; 58-82-2/Bradykinin; EC 3.4.21.4/Trypsin

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