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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Oligopeptides > Tachykinins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nerve Tissue Proteins > Neuropeptides > Tachykinins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Neuropeptides > Tachykinins
Biological Factors > Inflammation Mediators > Autacoids > Kinins > Tachykinins
Biological Factors > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Kinins > Tachykinins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Kinins > Tachykinins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Kinins > Tachykinins

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Tachykinins  

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  • Tachykinin

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Scope note

  • A family of biologically active peptides sharing a common conserved C-terminal sequence, -Phe-X-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2, where X is either an aromatic or a branched aliphatic amino acid. Members of this family have been found in mammals, amphibians, and mollusks. Tachykinins have diverse pharmacological actions in the central nervous system and the cardiovascular, genitourinary, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems, as well as in glandular tissues. This diversity of activity is due to the existence of three or more subtypes of tachykinin receptors.

History note

  • 89; PHYSALAEMIN was see under KININS 1977-88

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015320

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