Abstract
Bradykinin and (Thr(6))-bradykinin have been identified in the defensive skin secretion of the fire-bellied toad, Bombina orientalis. The homologous cDNAs for both peptides were cloned from a skin library using a 3'- and 5'-RACE strategy. Kininogen-1 (BOK-1) contained an open-reading frame of 167 amino acid residues encoding four repeats of bradykinin, and kininogen-2 (BOK-2) contained an open-reading frame of 161 amino acid residues encoding two repeats of (Thr(6))-bradykinin. Alignment of both precursor nucleotide and amino acid sequences revealed a high degree of structural similarity. These amphibian skin kininogens/preprobradykinins are not biologically analogous to mammalian kininogens. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1547-1555 |
| Journal | Peptides |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - Sept 2002 |
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