A fish bradykinin (Arg0; Trp5; Leu8-bradykinin) from the defensive skin secretion of the European edible frog; Pelophylax kl. esculentus: structural characterization; molecular cloning of skin kininogen cDNA and pharmacological effects on mammalian smooth muscle

• Published in: Peptides
• Main Authors: Chen, X., Wang, Lei, Wang, H., Chen, H., Zhou, Mei, Chen, Tianbao, Shaw, Christopher
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1303; name=Biochemistry; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1310; name=Endocrinology; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1314; name=Physiology; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2800/2804; name=Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Gar’; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/28d48a9a-9df6-43b9-9bfc-37146302f82c; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2010.09.023; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78650518960&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Extensive studies on bradykinin-related peptides (BRPs) generated from plasma kininogens in representative species of various vertebrate taxa, have confirmed that many amphibian skin BRPs reflect those present in putative vertebrate predators. For example, the (Val1, Thr6)-bradykinin, present in the...