Purification and sequencing of a rat intestinal 22 amino acid C-terminal CCK fragment

Peptides. 1984 Nov-Dec;5(6):1203-6. doi: 10.1016/0196-9781(84)90188-8.

Abstract

Fractionation on Sephadex G50 gel of methanol extracts of rat intestine revealed two molecular forms of cholecystokinin (CCK) of about equal immunopotency: one form has an elution volume between CCK33 and CCK12; the other elutes in the salt region as does authentic CCK8. Purification and sequencing have demonstrated that the smaller molecular form is CCK8 with a sequence identical to the pork and sheep CCK8's that had previously been sequenced. Purification and sequencing of the larger molecular form reveals that it is a 22 amino acid C-terminal CCK fragment identical with pig CCK22 except that glycine instead of serine is present at the nineteenth residue from the C-terminus. This sequence is consistent with that predicted by cloned cDNA encoding preprocholecystokinin from a rat medullary thyroid carcinoma. CCK22 has not previously been reported to be a prominent molecular form in either pig or dog intestines.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cholecystokinin / isolation & purification*
  • Intestines / analysis*
  • Peptide Fragments / isolation & purification*
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Rats
  • Sincalide / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Peptide Fragments
  • Cholecystokinin
  • cholecystokinin 22 C-terminal fragment
  • Sincalide