Article
Isolation and characterization of a variant form of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide.
Peptides - 1 Jan 2000
Gafvelin G, Andersson M, Dimaline R, Jörnvall H, Mutt V
Abstract excerpt
A variant form of the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) has been isolated. It was found to consist of a molecule which instead of the C-terminal asparagine amide of VIP has a C-terminal extension of Gly-Lys-Arg. This VIP variant displaces VIP in a VIP receptor assay, reacts with N-terminally-directed antisera in a VIP radioimmunoassay and possesses VIP-like bioactivity in an assay measuring pancreatic juice...
Topics
- Amino Acids
- Animals
- Binding, Competitive
- Cats
- Cell Membrane
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Chromatography, Ion Exchange
- Genetic Variation
- Liver
- Pancreatic Juice
- Rats
