Studies with [35S]methionine indicate that the 22,000-dalton [Met]enkephalin-containing protein in chromaffin cells is a precursor of [Met]enkephalin.
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 77 (11) , 6889-6891
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.77.11.6889
Abstract
It has been shown that [35S]methionine is incorporated into the [Met]enkephalin sequences of a 22,000-dalton enkephalin-containing protein in the adrenal medulla. Pulse-chase experiments indicate that label is incorporated into the large polypeptide before it appears in free [Met]enkephalin and a smaller [Met]enkephalin-containing peptide. These findings provide direct evidence of a precursor-product relationship of these structurally related polypeptides.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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