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http://dx.doi.org/10.47853/FAS.2021.e16

Isolation of a starfish myorelaxant peptide (SMP) isotype from the pyloric caeca of Patiria pectinifera  

Kubarova, Anastasia (Department of Biotechnology, College of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University)
Go, Hye-Jin (Department of Biotechnology, College of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University)
Park, Nam Gyu (Department of Biotechnology, College of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University)
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Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences / v.24, no.4, 2021 , pp. 163-170 More about this Journal
Abstract
Peptides are naturally occurring biological molecules that are found in all living organisms. These biologically active peptides play a key role in various biological processes. The aim of this study is the extraction and the purification of bioactive materials that induce relaxation of an apical muscle from the pyloric caeca of Patiria pectinifera. The acidified pyloric caeca extract was partially separated by the solid phase extraction using a stepwise gradient on Sep-Pak C18 cartridge. Among the fractions, materials eluted with 60% methanol/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid was put a thorough of a series of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) steps to isolate a neuropeptide with relaxation activity. The purified compound was eluted at 28% acetonitrile in 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid with retention time of 25.8 min on the CAPCELL-PAK C18 reversed-phase column. To determine the molecular weight and the amino acid sequence of the purified peptide, LC-MS and Edman degradation method were used, respectively. The primary structure of the peptide was determined to be FGMGGAYDPLSAGFTD which corresponded to the amino acid sequence of a starfish myorelaxant peptide (SMP) isotype (SMPb) found in the cDNA sequence encoding SMPa and its isotypes. In this study, a muscle relaxant neuropeptide (SMPb) has been isolated from pyloric caeca of starfish P. pectinifera. This is the first report of SMPb isolation on the protein level from P. pectinifera.
Keywords
Apical muscle; Patiria pectinifera; Pyloric caeca; Relaxation activity; Starfish myorelaxant peptide;
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