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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-11
pubmed:abstractText
Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS)/anti-Mullerian hormone is a differentiation factor that causes regression of the Mullerian duct in the developing male fetus and an apparent sex reversal of the fetal ovary when inappropriately exposed to it. The purified product is a 140-kilodalton glycoprotein composed of two identical subunits. We show that a C-terminal fragment of MIS, which shares homology with transforming growth factor-beta, causes regression of the Mullerian duct and inhibits the biosynthesis of aromatase in the fetal ovary. However, both activities are enhanced dramatically by addition of the N-terminal portion of MIS. Under conditions where potentiation occurs, the N- and C-terminal domains of MIS reassociate. These results indicate that the N-terminus of MIS, unlike that of the other members of the transforming growth factor-beta family, plays a role in maintaining the biological activity of the C-terminus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0888-8809
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
247-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Anti-Mullerian Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Aromatase, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Fibrinolysin, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Growth Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Mullerian Ducts, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Ovary, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Testicular Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:8469238-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Mullerian inhibiting substance requires its N-terminal domain for maintenance of biological activity, a novel finding within the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily.
pubmed:affiliation
Biogen, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article