Table 5

Amino acid sequence of mammalian tachykinins

Peptide/SourcePrimary StructureReference
SP
 Bovine hypothalamus Arg-Pro-Lys-Pro-Gln-Gln-Phe-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2 Chang et al., 1971
NKA
 Porcine spinal cord His-Lys-Asp-Ser-Val-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2 Kimura et al., 1983
NKB
 Porcine spinal cord Asp-Met-His-Asp-Phe-Phe-Val-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2 Kangawa et al., 1983
Neuropeptide-γ
 Rabbit intestine Asp-Ala-Gly-His-Gly-Gln-Ile-Ser-His-Lys-Arg-Lys-Asp-Ser-Val-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2 Kage et al., 1988
Neuropeptide K
 Porcine brain Asp-Ala-Asp-Ser-Ser-Ile-Glu-Lys-Gln-Val-Ala-Leu-Leu-Lys-Ala-Leu-Tyr-Gly-His-Gly-Gln-Ile -Ser-His-Lys-Arg-His-Gly-Gln-Ile-Ser-His-Lys-Arg-Lys-Asp-Ser-Val-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2 Tatemoto et al., 1985