Oxytocin

CYIQNCPLG-NH

C43H66N12O12S2

Soluble in water. The contents of this vial have been accurately determined. Both the stopper and the vial have been siliconized. Do not attempt to weight out a smaller portion of the contents. Oxytocin is synthesized in the hypothalamus and involved in the control of lactation and parturition. Synthetic Human Oxytocin is a single. non-glycosylated. polypeptide chain containing 9 amino acids and having a molecular mass of 1007. 2 Dalton.

Oxytocin causes contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus and of the mammary gland.

Belongs to the vasopressin/oxytocin family. [1] Naik M. T. Lee H. Bracken C. and Breslow E. et al. NMR investigation of main-chain dynamics of the H80E mutant of bovine neurophysin-I: demonstration of dimerization-induced changes at the hormone-binding site[2] Koohi M. K. Ivell R. and Walther N. et al. Transcriptional activation of the oxytocin promoter by oestrogens uses a novel non-classical mechanism of oestrogen receptor action[3] Rehbein M. Hillers M. Mohr E. Ivell R. Morley S. Schmale H. and Richter D. The neurohypophyseal hormones vasopressin and oxytocin. Precursor structure synthesis and regulation[4] Ivell R. and Richter D. et al. The gene for the hypothalamic peptide hormone oxytocin is highly expressed in the bovine corpus luteum: biosynthesis structure and sequence analysis[5] Land H. Grez M. Ruppert S. Schmale H. Rehbein M. Richter D. and Schutz G. Deduced amino acid sequence from the bovine oxytocin-neurophysin I precursor cDNA[6] Rehbein M. Hillers M. Mohr E. Ivell R. Morley S. Schmale H. Richter D. The neurohypophyseal hormones vasopressin and oxytocin. Precursor structure synthesis and regulation. [7] Ruppert S. Scherer G. Schutz G. Recent gene conversion involving bovine vasopressin and oxytocin precursor genes suggested by nucleotide sequence. [8] Ivell R. Richter D. The gene for the hypothalamic peptide hormone oxytocin is highly expressed in the bovine corpus luteum: biosynthesis structure and sequence analysis. [9] du Vigneaud V. Ressler C. Trippett S. The sequence of amino acids in oxytocin with a proposal for the structure of oxytocin. [10] Tuppy H. Michl H. About the chemical structure of oxytocin.