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. 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 InterPro; IPR002040; Tachykinin. DR Pfam; PF02202; Tachykinin; 1. 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 //