H - Ala - Ala - Gly - Met - Gly - Phe - Phe - Gly - Ala - Arg - NH2
Description
Urechistachykinin II (Uru-TK II) was first isolated from the ventral nervous cord of the echiuroid worm, Urechis unicinctus. It potentiates spontaneous rhythmic contractions of the cockroach hindgut.
References
Ref: Kawada, T. et al. Eur. J. Biochem. 269, 4238 ( 2002); Ikeda, T. et al. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 92, 1 (1993); Gerrit Jan Boks. Structure and conformational behaviour of peptoid peptidomimetics (1997).