Characterization of a teleost gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 80 (9) , 2794-2798
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.80.9.2794
Abstract
A peptide that is recognized by certain antibodies raised against mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone was purified from extracts of salmon brains by gel filtration and high-performance liquid chromatography. The primary structure of this 10-residue peptide is < Glu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-Gly-Trp-Leu-Pro-Gly-NH2. This represents a difference of 2 amino acids between salmon and mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone and demonstrates that most of the molecule was conserved during evolution. The synthetic form of salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone is less potent than is mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone on mammalian cells and is biologically active in salmon.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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