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Nociceptin (NC) and its 4 fragments have been synthesized by solid phase peptide synthesis. Their hypotensive activity and mechanism, MVD assay and structure-activity relationship have been investigated. Results show that NC(1–13)NH2 is the smallest fragment that shares the same activity with NC. The truncation of C-terminal not only leads the decrease of receptor affinity but also the changes of receptor selectivity. The entire sequence may not be required for the full activity since NC(1–13)NH2 is as active as NC. Arg-Lys at the 12–13 position of C-terminal plays an important role in the activity of NC. The hypotensive activity of NC does not antagonize the hypertensive activity of renin-angiotensin system.
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Dong, S., Wang, T., Chen, Q. et al. Synthesis, structure-activity relationship of nociceptin and its fragments. Chin.Sci.Bull. 44, 1655–1659 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03183483
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