ID TKN_KASSE STANDARD; PRT; 12 AA. AC P08611; DT 01-AUG-1988 (Rel. 08, Created) DT 01-AUG-1988 (Rel. 08, Last sequence update) DT 01-NOV-1990 (Rel. 16, Last annotation update) DE KASSININ. OS Kassina senegalensis (Senegal running frog). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Amphibia; OC Batrachia; Anura; Neobatrachia; Ranoidea; Hyperoliidae; Kassina. RN [1] RP SEQUENCE. RX MEDLINE; 77246385. RA ANASTASI A., MONTECUCCHI P.C., ERSPAMER V., VISSER J.; RT "Amino acid composition and sequence of kassinin, a tachykinin RT dodecapeptide from the skin of the African frog Kassina RT senegalensis."; RL Experientia 33:857-858(1977). CC -!- FUNCTION: TACHYKININS ARE ACTIVE PEPTIDES WHICH EXCITE NEURONS, CC EVOKE BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES, ARE POTENT VASODILATORS AND CC SECRETAGOGUES, AND CONTRACT (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) MANY SMOOTH CC MUSCLES. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR PIR; S07206; S07206. DR PROSITE; PS00267; TACHYKININ; 1. KW Tachykinin; Neuropeptide; Amidation; Amphibian skin. FT MOD_RES 12 12 AMIDATION. SQ SEQUENCE 12 AA; 1336 MW; 76099C01 CRC32; DVPKSDQFVG LM //