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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-10
pubmed:abstractText
Mammalian neurohypophyseal hormones, oxytocin and vasopressin, are known to be synthesized as part of two larger precursors containing, respectively, a VLDV-neurophysin and a MSEL-neurophysin together with its associated glycopeptide. Starting from ostrich neurohypophyses, a "big" neurophysin was isolated and chemically characterized. Following sequence determination of the CNBr-derived fragments and of peptides obtained from trypsin and V8-protease digestion of the oxidized protein, this "big" neurophysin was found to contain an MSEL-neurophysin moiety (94 residues) still covalently associated with the COOH-terminal glycopeptide (38 residues, copeptin). This study demonstrates that the ostrich MSEL-neurophysin sequence closely resembles all known MSEL-neurophysin sequences and that, furthermore, it does not contain the single amino acid insertion shown previously in the ostrich VLDV-neurophysin. It is also shown that the stretch of amino acids, linking the MSEL-neurophysin and the copeptin, is clearly different from its mammalian homologues and lacks the Arg residue normally recognized by the cleaving enzyme. This study also demonstrates that the ostrich copeptin is more closely related to the amphibian copeptin sequence than to its mammalian homologue, leading to the hypothesis that two families of copeptin molecules might exist. Thus, the ostrich MSEL-neurophysin-copeptin molecule is the first "big" neurophysin reported in birds and, together with the guinea pig and amphibian homologues, represents the third example of partial or no neurophysin-copeptin cleavage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arginine Vasopressin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyanogen Bromide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glycopeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neurophysins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxytocin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptide Fragments, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Precursors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serine Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trypsin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/VLDV neurophysin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/copeptins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/glutamyl endopeptidase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0367-8377
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
46-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Ostrich MSEL-neurophysin belongs to the class of two-domain "big" neurophysin as indicated by complete amino acid sequence of the neurophysin/copeptin.
pubmed:affiliation
J.A. De Sève Laboratory of Molecular Neuroendocrinology of the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't