Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) peptide has been shown to be an anorectic peptide that inhibits both normal and starvation-induced feeding and completely blocks the feeding response induced by neuropeptide Y and regulated by leptin in the hypothalamus ...
Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) peptide has been shown to be an anorectic peptide that inhibits both normal and starvation-induced feeding and completely blocks the feeding response induced by neuropeptide Y and regulated by leptin in the hypothalamus. The C-terminal part containing the three disulfide bridges CART(48-89) is the biologically active part of the molecule affecting food intake. The solution structure of the active part of CART has a fold equivalent to other functionally distinct small proteins. CART consists mainly of turns and loops spanned by a compact framework composed by a few small stretches of antiparallel beta-sheet common to cystine knots.
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Hypothalamic CART is a New Anorectic Peptide Regulated by Leptin Kristensen, P., Judge, M.E., Thim, L., Ribel, U., Christjansen, K.N., Wulff, B.S., Clausen, J.T., Jensen, P.B., Madsen, O.D., Vrang, N., Larsen, P.J., Hastrup, S. (1998) Nature 393: 72
Purification and Characterisation of a New Hypothalamic Satiety Peptide, Cocaine and Amphetamine Regulated Transcript (CART), Produced in Yeast Thim, L., Nielsen, P.F., Judge, M.E., Andersen, A.S., Diers, I., Egel-Mitani, M., Hastrup, S. (1998) FEBS Lett 428: 263
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Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Allé 1, DK-2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark. svl@novonordisk.com
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