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   15-SEP-2003 (Rel. 42, Last annotation update)
DE   Kassinin.
OS   Kassina senegalensis (Senegal running frog).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
OC   Amphibia; Batrachia; Anura; Neobatrachia; Ranoidea; Hyperoliidae;
OC   Kassina.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=8415;
RN   [1]
RP   SEQUENCE.
RC   TISSUE=Skin secretion;
RX   MEDLINE=77246385; PubMed=891753;
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   -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted.
CC   -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Skin.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: BELONGS TO THE TACHYKININ FAMILY.
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DR   PIR; S07206; S07206.
DR   InterPro; IPR002040; Tachykinin.
DR   PROSITE; PS00267; TACHYKININ; 1.
KW   Amphibian defense peptide; Tachykinin; Neuropeptide; Amidation.
FT   MOD_RES      12     12       AMIDATION.
SQ   SEQUENCE   12 AA;  1336 MW;  91757AB89DD6DAB5 CRC64;
     DVPKSDQFVG LM
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