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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Hiroyuki Minakata, Kawabe-gun, JP;
Eiko Iwakoshi, Kashiwara, JP;
Kyoko Kuroda, Kyoto, JP;
Suntory Limited, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A novel peptide found as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in octopuses, a member of mollusks. The structure and the activities of the peptide have been unraveled. The peptide finds use as a reagent used in the studies of correlations between the structure and the activities of GnRH and the information processing mechanisms of the nervous systems in higher animals. It can also serve as a base compound in the development of pesticides and drugs. The peptide has the GnRH activity and has the following amino acid sequence (I):<Glu-Zaa-Zaa-His-Zaa-Ser-Zaa-Zaa-Zaa-Zaa-Pro-Gly-NH(SEQ ID NO: 7)   (I)wherein <Glu represents pyroglutamic acid and Zaa represents any amino acid. Specifically, the peptide has the following amino acid sequence (1):<Glu-Asn-Tyr-His-Phe-Ser-Asn-Gly-Trp-His-Pro-Gly-NH(SEQ ID NO: 1)   (1)wherein <Glu represents pyroglutamic acid.