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Title:

Virokinin, a bioactive peptide of the tachykinin family, is released from the fusion protein of bovine respiratory syncytial virus.

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Zimmer, Gert; Rohn, Michael; McGregor, Gerard P.; Schemann, Michael; Conzelmann, Karl-Klaus; Herrler, Georg
Abstract:
Tachykinins, an evolutionary conserved family of peptide hormones in both invertebrates and vertebrates, are produced by neuronal cells as inactive preprotachykinins that are post-translationally processed into different neuropeptides such as substance P, neurokinin A, and neurokinin B. We show here that furin-mediated cleavage of the bovine respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein results in the release of a peptide that is converted into a biologically active tachykinin (virokinin) by additi...     »
Keywords:
Animals, Cattle, Muscle Contraction/drug effects, Muscle, Smooth/drug effects, Swine, Furin/metabolism, Molecular Mimicry, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Protein Transport, Receptors, Tachykinin/metabolism, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/etiology/veterinary, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Bovine/*chemistry, Tachykinins/*metabolism/pharmacology/secretion, Viral Fusion Proteins/*metabolism
Journal title:
The Journal of biological chemistry
Year:
2003
Journal volume:
278
Month:
nov
Journal issue:
47
Pages contribution:
46854--46861
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1074/jbc.M306949200
Print-ISSN:
0021-9258 0021-9258
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