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Amino acid sequences of nerve growth factors derived from cobra venoms
Author(s) -
Inoue Seiji,
Oda Toshio,
Koyama Junichi,
Ikeda Kiyoshi,
Hayashi Kyozo
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80244-w
Subject(s) - naja , cobra , venom , complementary dna , biology , peptide sequence , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , gene , computer science , programming language
Amino acid sequences of nerve growth factors (NGFs), purified from the venoms of Indian cobra ( Naja naja ) and Thailand cobra ( Naja naja siamensis ) were determined. The sequence of N. naja NGF differed from that reported previously by Hogue‐Angeletti et. al. [(1976) Biochemistry 15, 26–34]. The sequence of N. naja siamensis NGF was identical to that of Formosan cobra Naja naja atra NGF, determined previously by Oda et. al. [(1989) Biochem, Int. 19, 909–917] and to that deduced from the nucleotide sequence of an NGF cDNA from the venom gland of N. naja siamensis , as reported by Selby et. al. [(1987) J. Neurosci. Res. 18, 293–298].