General Information

  • ID:  hor002922
  • Uniprot ID:  Q25461
  • Protein name:  RPGW-amide
  • Gene name:  NA
  • Organism:  Mytilus edulis (Blue mussel)
  • Family:  NA
  • Source:  animal
  • Expression:  Expressed in cerebral, pedal and visceral ganglia. TPGW-amide is found in pedal and cerebral ganglia and in shell adductor muscle (at protein level). RPGW-amide and KPGW-amide are found in pedal retractor muscle, ABRM and shell adductor muscle (at protein
  • Disease:  NA
  • Comments:  NA
  • Taxonomy:  Mytilus (genus), Mytilinae (subfamily), Mytilidae (family), Mytiloidea (superfamily), Mytilida (order), Pteriomorphia, Autobranchia (subclass), Bivalvia (class), Mollusca (phylum), Lophotrochozoa, Spiralia, Protostomia, Bilateria, Eumetazoa, Metazoa (kingdom), Opisthokonta, Eukaryota (superkingdom), cellular organisms
  • GO MF:  NA
  • GO BP:  GO:0007218 neuropeptide signaling pathway
  • GO CC:  NA

Sequence Information

  • Sequence:  RPGW
  • Length:  4(51-54)
  • Propeptide:  METLNIFLVIFSLLGTIIIASSSDESSERKKRDLDTIDDTNNDFLTADKRRPGWGKRSFDDDILNNLDKRRPGWGKRSDMLFDSEEIEKRRPGWGKRSSSLYDDEKRKPGWGKRSSALLDDLSLYNSIVKRRPGWGKRSDTFKVDIRRPGWGKRTPGWGKRSGPNMCMDFQDEILQLYKLLNEAEKLHSECEALNI
  • Signal peptide:  METLNIFLVIFSLLGTIIIASS
  • Modification:  T4 Tryptophan amide
  • Glycosylation:  NA
  • Mutagenesis:  NA

Activity

  • Function:  Be involved in control of muscle contraction and may function as neurotransmitters; increase tension of the pedal retractor muscle and, in conjunction with FMRF-amide, increase peak tension of the anterior byssus retractor muscle (ABRM)
  • Mechanism:  Tetrapeptides may be further processed to GW-amide, which is found in cerebral and pedal ganglia, by a dipeptidyl aminopeptidase.
  • Cross BBB:  NA
  • Target:  NA
  • Target Unid:  NA
  • IC50: NA
  • EC50: NA
  • ED50: NA
  • kd: NA
  • Half life: NA

Structure

  • Disulfide bond:  NA
  • Structure ID:  AF-Q25461-F1(AlphaFold_DB_ID)
  • Structure: (PDB_ID-from https://www.rcsb.org/; AlphaFold_DB_ID-from https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/; hordbxxxxxx_AF2.pdb was predicted structure by AlphaFold2; hordbxxxxxx_ESM.pdb was predicted structure by ESMFold)
  •    hor002922_AF2.pdbhor002922_ESM.pdb

Physical Information

Mass: 56827 Formula: C24H34N8O5
Absent amino acids: ACDEFHIKLMNQSTVY Common amino acids: GPRW
pI: 10.55 Basic residues: 1
Polar residues: 1 Hydrophobic residues: 1
Hydrophobicity: -185 Boman Index: -1165
Half-Life: 1 hour Half-Life Yeast: 2 min
Half-Life E.Coli: 2 min Aliphatic Index 0
Instability Index: 8650 Extinction Coefficient cystines: 5500
Absorbance 280nm: 1833.33

Literature

  • PubMed ID:  10799681
  • Title:  HPLC and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry as tools for the identification of APGWamide-related peptides in gastropod and bivalve mollusks: comparative activities on Mytilus muscles.