Name:

Ghrelin (rat)

Description:

The growth hormone releasing peptide Ghrelin (rat) corresponds to aa 24-51 of the 117 amino acid Ghrelin (rat) precursor.

Sequence:

GS(S-n-octanoyl)FLSPEHQKAQQRKESKKPPAKLQPR

3-letter-code:

Gly-Ser-Ser(n-Octanoyl)-Phe-Leu-Ser-Pro-Glu-His-Gln-Lys-Ala-Gln-Gln-Arg-Lys-Glu-Ser-Lys-Lys-Pro-Pro-Ala-Lys-Leu-Gln-Pro-Arg

Molecular weight:

3314.84

Counter ion:

TFA

Solubilization:

Soluble in pure water.

C Dornonville de la Cour, A Lindqvist, E Egecioglu, Y C L Tung, V Surve, C Ohlsson, J-O Jansson, C Erlanson-Albertsson, S L Dickson, R Håkanson. Ghrelin treatment reverses the reduction in weight gain and body fat in gastrectomised mice. Gut 2005 54:907-913.

Finger, Beate C., Timothy G. Dinan, and John F. Cryan. Diet-induced obesity blunts the behavioural effects of ghrelin: studies in a mouse-progressive ratio task. Psychopharmacology 220.1 (2012): 173-181.