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    Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1989 Oct 16;164(1):400-5.

    Isolation and sequence determination of rat islet amyloid polypeptide.

    Asai J, Nakazato M, Kangawa K, Matsukura S, Matsuo H.

    Third Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.

    Rat islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) was isolated from the pancreata of normal rats by utilizing cross-reactivity of a radioimmunoassay system for human IAPP with rat IAPP. Rat IAPP was a 37-amino acid polypeptide with tyrosine amide at the C-terminus, as was the case with human IAPP. Amino acid sequences of rat and human IAPPs were 84% identical, and the most highly conserved sequences were found in the N- and C-terminal regions. Rat IAPP sequence was also 51% identical to those of alpha and beta rat calcitonin gene-related peptide sequences.

    PMID: 2679555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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