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. 1977 Jan 1;161(1):189–192. doi: 10.1042/bj1610189

Partial amino acid sequence of rat pre-prolactin.

R A Maurer, J Gorski, D J McKean
PMCID: PMC1164489  PMID: 851420

Abstract

Rat pituitary mRNA was used to direct the cell-free synthesis of pre-prolactin labelled with [4,5-3H]leucine and either [35S] methioninc or [35S] cystine. Sequence analysis of the labelled protein indicates that pre-prolactin has 29 amino acid residues joined to the N-terminus of the prolactin sequence. Leucine residues were found at positions 13, 14, 15, 16, 21 and 22, methionine residues at positions 1, 17 and 18, and a cysteine residue at position 24 of the precursor sequence, and this partial sequence shows considerable similarity with other precursors that have been sequenced.

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