Isolation, identification, and synthesis of a disulfated sulfakinin from the central nervous system of an arthropods the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

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Two myotropic peptides displaying tyrosyl sulfation have been isolated from an extract of central nervous systems (brain, suboesophageal ganglion, thoracic ganglia, and ventral nerve cord) of the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Both peptides were identified by mass spectrometry and belong to the sulfakinin family of neuropeptides, which are characterized by the C-terminal hexapeptide Y(SO3H)GHMRF-NH2 preceded by two acidic amino acid residues. Pev-SK 1 (AGGSGGVGGEY(SO3H)DDY(SO3H)GH(L/I) RF-NH2) has two sulfated tyrosyl residues and a unique (L/I) for M substitution in the C-terminal sequence. Pev-SK 2 (pQFDEY(SO3H)GHMRF-NH2) fully complies with the typical sulfakinin core sequence and is blocked by a pyroglutamyl residue. Synthetic analogs (sulfated and unsulfated) were synthesized and the tyrosyl sulfations were confirmed by myotropic activity studies and co-elution with the …

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2002

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