Isolation and Partial Characterization of Gastrotropin from Canine Ileum: Further Studies of the Parietal and Chief Cell Response*

Gastrotropin (GT), a protein previously isolated from porcine ileal mucosa, with a molecular mass of 14,054 daltons, was extracted from canine ileum and purified to homogeneity. The canine and porcine peptides had similar relative molecular mass, charge, hydrophobicity, and amino acid compositions. Direct Edman degradation yielded no free amino acids, indicating a blocked NH2-terminus, and a partial sequence determination of the CNBr fragments …