kassinin

Kassinin is a peptide derived from the Kassina frog. It belongs to tachykinin family of neuropeptides. It is secreted as a defense response, and is involved in neuropeptide signalling.

Research

195 papers

Inhibitory effect of kassinin on salt intake induced by different natriorexigenic treatments in the rat.Brain research · 1988
Kassinin: stimulation of insulin and glucagon secretion in the rat.Endocrinology · 1982
Kassinin and substance P stimulate somatostatin release in the rat.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 1981
Kassina senegalensis skin tachykinins: molecular cloning of kassinin and (Thr2, Ile9)-kassinin biosynthetic precursor cDNAs and comparative bioactivity of mature tachykinins on the smooth muscle of rat urinary bladder.Biochimie · 2009
Eledoisin and Kassinin, but not Enterokassinin, stimulate ion transport in frog skin.Peptides · 2004

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Mass: 1333.670022

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chemical formula: C₅₉H₉₅N₁₅O₁₈S
canonical SMILES: NCCCCC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NCC(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)N)CCSC)CC(C)C)C(C)C)CC1=CC=CC=C1)CCC(=O)N)CC(=O)O)CO)NC(=O)C2CCCN2C(=O)C(C(C)C)NC(=O)C(CC(=O)O)N

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Ion transportation
Tachykinins
As a research tool
References

Kassinin is a peptide derived from the Kassina frog. It belongs to tachykinin family of neuropeptides. It is secreted as a defense response, and is involved in neuropeptide signalling.

The amino acid sequence is H-Asp-Val-Pro-Lys-Ser-Asp-Gln-Phe-Val-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2 (DVPKSDQFVGLM-NH2).