platypus venom heptapeptide 1   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 13200

Compound class: Peptide
Comment: This small peptide is a component of the venom produced by male duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus [3]). It corresponds to a seven amino acid N-terminal linear fragment of Ornithorhynchus venom C-type natriuretic peptide (P84715) [1-2]. Ornithorhynchus venom causes immediate acute pain in humans that transforms to sustained hyperalgesia.
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H-His-Asp-His-Pro-Asn-Pro-Arg-OH