Cloning of the (Thr6)-phyllokinin precursor from Phyllomedusa sauvagei skin confirms a non-consensus tyrosine O-sulfation motif

Peptides. 2003 Aug;24(8):1123-30. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.06.002.

Abstract

Nine bradykinin-related peptides were identified in Phyllomedusa sauvagei skin secretion using QTOF MS/MS fragmentation sequencing. The major peptides were (Thr6)-bradykinin, (Hyp3, Thr6)-bradykinin, (Thr6)-phyllokinin and (Hyp3, Thr6)-phyllokinin. The phyllokinins occurred in both sulfated and non-sulfated forms. All (Thr6)-substituted bradykinins/phyllokinins could be generated from a common precursor by differential post-translational processing and modification. The open-reading frame of the cloned precursor cDNA consisted of 62 amino acid residues with a single bradykinin/phyllokinin coding sequence located at the C-terminus. Structural features included a Glu-Arg processing site at the N-terminus of the bradykinin/phyllokinin domain and the absence of an acidic amino acid residue adjacent to the C-terminal Tyr residue in the phyllokinins. However, the neutral amino acid residue (Ile) at position -1 and the basic amino acid residue (Arg) at position -2 from the Tyr residue, constitute a sulfation motif previously identified only in a protochordean.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Anura / genetics*
  • Anura / metabolism
  • Base Sequence
  • Bradykinin / chemistry
  • Bradykinin / genetics*
  • Bradykinin / metabolism
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Gene Library
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Peptides / genetics*
  • Peptides / metabolism
  • Skin / metabolism
  • Tyrosine / genetics
  • Tyrosine / metabolism*

Substances

  • DNA, Complementary
  • Peptides
  • Tyrosine
  • Bradykinin