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  • 标题:Purification and primary structure of two neuroactive peptides that cause bag cell afterdischarge and egg-laying in Aplysia
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  • 作者:E. Heller ; L. K. Kaczmarek ; M. W. Hunkapiller
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:1980
  • 卷号:77
  • 期号:4
  • 页码:2328-2332
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.77.4.2328
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Two neuroactive peptides, A and B, have been isolated from the atrial gland in the reproductive tract of Aplysia. Each of the two peptides is able to induce egg-laying behavior in recipient animals. In vitro recordings from the abdominal ganglion show that both peptides also trigger longlasting discharges in the bag cell neurons at concentrations around 0.1 {micro}M. The peptides were purified by a combination of ammonium sulfate precipitation, agarose gel filtration, and cation exchange chromatography. Each peptide has 34 amino acid residues. Microsequencing together with carboxypeptidase Y degradation and analysis of tryptic peptides revealed the following sequence for peptide A: H-Ala-Val-Lys-Leu-Ser-Ser-Asp-Gly-Asn-Tyr-Pro-Phe-Asp-Leu-Ser-Lys-Glu-Asp-Gly -Ala-Gln-Pro-Tyr-Phe-Met-Thr-Pro-Arg-Leu-Arg-Phe-Tyr-Pro-Ile. Peptide B differs from A in only four positions. The first nine residues of B are: Ala-Val-Lys-Ser-Ser-Ser-Tyr-Glu-Lys-, whereas residues 10-34 of B are identical to those of A. The calculated Mr of A is 3924 and that of B is 4032. The pI of peptide A as determined by isoelectric focusing in polyacrylamide gels is 7.9-8.1 and that of peptide B is 9.0-9.2. It is estimated that each atrial gland contains at least 150 {micro}g of peptide A and 50 {micro}g of B. Neither peptide resembles the egg-laying hormone isolated from bag cell neurons. It is postulated that the atrial gland peptides are released during copulation, and then by interacting with neuronal receptors in the head ganglia and pleuroabdominal connectives they cause the bag cells to afterdischarge, thereby releasing egg-laying hormone.
  • 关键词:atrial gland ; egg-laying hormone ; amino acid sequence ; molluskan peptides
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