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In Vesiculo Synthesis of Peptide Membrane Precursors for Autonomous Vesicle Growth
Published on: June 28, 2019
[Synthesis and local and distant actions of vasoactive peptides]
1INSERM U36, Collège de France, 3, rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris et Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France.
Abstract:
In this short review, we compare the structure, biosynthetis and processing pathways, physiological actions, receptor systems and signaling pathways of 3 vasoactive peptides: vasopressin, angiotensin II and endothelins. This comparison shows clearly that all these peptides are synthesized as preproproteins and are processed by proteolytic enzymes. They all act via different types of membrane-bound G protein coupled receptors. Their actions on cardiovascular target tissues are either of an endocrine nature (vasopressin) or a paracrine nature (endothelins) or both (angiotensin II).
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