We have isolated a cDNA encoding a precursor of dermorphin from the skin of Pachymedusa dacnicolor. Besides four copies of this opioid peptide, the deduced sequence also contains the genetic information for a novel peptide Tyr-Ile-Phe-His-Leu-Met-Asp-NH2. This differs from Met-deltorphin by the presence of Ile at position 2, In a related precursor from the skin of Agalychnis annae, the sequence of this peptide is in the 3'-untranslated region of the cloned cDNA. From earlier results me predict that in skin peptides the second residue is D-allo-Ile, We have synthesized this and related peptides with different D-amino acids, and determined their delta agonist activity. The peptide with D-nor-Leu binds with high affinity to delta receptors, while that with D-allo-Ile is about 100 times less active

A new opioid peptide predicted from cloned cDNAs from skin of Pachymedusa dacnicolor and Agalychnis annae / Wechselberger, C.; Severini, C.; Kreil, G.; Negri, Lucia. - In: FEBS LETTERS. - ISSN 0014-5793. - STAMPA. - 429:(1998), pp. 41-43. [10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00545-6]

A new opioid peptide predicted from cloned cDNAs from skin of Pachymedusa dacnicolor and Agalychnis annae

NEGRI, Lucia
1998

Abstract

We have isolated a cDNA encoding a precursor of dermorphin from the skin of Pachymedusa dacnicolor. Besides four copies of this opioid peptide, the deduced sequence also contains the genetic information for a novel peptide Tyr-Ile-Phe-His-Leu-Met-Asp-NH2. This differs from Met-deltorphin by the presence of Ile at position 2, In a related precursor from the skin of Agalychnis annae, the sequence of this peptide is in the 3'-untranslated region of the cloned cDNA. From earlier results me predict that in skin peptides the second residue is D-allo-Ile, We have synthesized this and related peptides with different D-amino acids, and determined their delta agonist activity. The peptide with D-nor-Leu binds with high affinity to delta receptors, while that with D-allo-Ile is about 100 times less active
1998
amphibian skin; opioid peptide; deltorphin; Phyllomedusa
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A new opioid peptide predicted from cloned cDNAs from skin of Pachymedusa dacnicolor and Agalychnis annae / Wechselberger, C.; Severini, C.; Kreil, G.; Negri, Lucia. - In: FEBS LETTERS. - ISSN 0014-5793. - STAMPA. - 429:(1998), pp. 41-43. [10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00545-6]
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