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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Peptides from the skin glands of the Australian buzzing tree frog Litoria electrica. Comparison with the skin peptides of the red tree frog Litoria rubella |
Author: | Wabnitz, P. Bowie, J. Wallace, J. Tyler, M. |
Citation: | Australian Journal of Chemistry: an international journal for chemical science, 1999; 52(7):639-645 |
Publisher: | C S I R O PUBLISHING |
Issue Date: | 1999 |
ISSN: | 0004-9425 |
Abstract: | Eleven peptides have been isolated from the skin glands of the ‘buzzing tree frog’ Litoria electrica. The two most abundant peptides are tryptophyllin L 3.1 [Phe Pro Trp Pro (NH2)] and electrin 1 [Phe Val Pro Ile Tyr Met (NH2)]. These peptides show neither significant antimicrobial nor smooth muscle activity. Tryptophyllin L 3.1 is thought to be a neuromodulator or neurotransmitter, and it is similar in structure to the human endomorphins [e.g. Tyr Pro Trp Phe (NH2)] which act on the γ-receptor. Both Litoria electrica and the ‘red tree frog’ Litoria rubella produce tryptophyllin peptides: it is considered that both species evolved from the same ancestor. |
Rights: | © CSIRO 1999 |
DOI: | 10.1071/ch98171 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ch98171 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Science publications |
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