Bradykinins and their precursor Cdnas from the skin of the Fire-Bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis)

Tianbao Chen, D.F. Orr, A.J. Bjourson, S. McClean, M. O'Rourke, David Hirst, P.F. Rao, Christopher Shaw

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Abstract

Bradykinin and (Thr6)-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 (Thr6)-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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1547-1555
Number of pages9
JournalPeptides
Volume23
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Endocrinology
  • Physiology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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