Any member of a group of polypeptides, widely scattered in vertebrate and invertebrate tissues, that have in common four of the five terminal amino acids: Phe-Xaa-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2; pharmacologically, they all cause hypotension in mammals, contraction of gut and bladder smooth muscle, and secretion of saliva. ... Origin: G. Tachys, swift, + kineo, to...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: tak′i-kī′nin Definitions: 1. Any member of a group of polypeptides, widely scattered in vertebrate and invertebrate tissues, which have in common four of the five terminal amino acids: Phe-Xaa-Gly-Leu-Met-NH
2; pharmacologically, they all cause hypotension in mammals, contraction of gut and bladd...
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