database / hormone
Bradykinin
Skeletal structure drawn from the computed atomic coordinates in PubChem CID 439201. Carbons are implicit vertices; hydrogens on carbon are suppressed, as in any structural formula. Nothing here is estimated — every atom sits where PubChem placed it.
Research reference only. The observations below are recorded in the cited literature. Nothing here is advice or a recommendation, and no dosing information is published on this site.
Sequence
RPPGFSPFR
Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg
- hydrophobic
- positive
- negative
- polar
- aromatic
- glycine
- proline
- cysteine
Computed backbone mass 1060.22 Da agrees with PubChem's reported 1060.2 Da (Δ 0.02 Da). Two independent sources agree on the primary structure.
Molecular data
| molecular formula | C50H73N15O11 |
|---|---|
| molecular weight | 1060.2 Da (PubChem) |
| computed backbone mass | 1060.22 Da |
| length | 9 residues |
| net charge (pH 7.4) | +2 |
| mean hydropathy | -1.04 |
| half-life | not characterised |
| delivery route | not characterised |
| PubChem CID | 439201 |
| PDB | not characterised |
| UniProt parent | P01042 |
Mechanism
B2 receptor agonist; mediator of vasodilation and pain signalling.
Reported targets: BDKRB2
Experimental structure
No experimental structure of this peptide is deposited in the PDB. Nothing is rendered here — a predicted fold would not be a structure, and this site does not draw one.
Position in the parent protein
…VVPWEKKIYPTVNCQPLGMISLMKRPPGFSPFRSSRIGEIKEETTVSPPHTSMAPAQ…
Parent sequence from UniProt P01042. Released from kininogen by kallikrein.
Reported effects
Each row is an outcome described in the literature indexed for this peptide. Reported in the cited work — not a claim, not a recommendation.
| reported outcome | where it appears |
|---|---|
| vasodilation | Therapeutic Targeting of the Bradykinin B2 Receptor in Immunological and Vas… Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology 2026 |
| pain signalling | G protein signaling capabilities at the bradykinin 2 receptor Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 2026 |
| vascular permeability | [Current and future therapies for bradykinin-mediated angioedema] Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) 2026 |
Literature (8)
Therapeutic Targeting of the Bradykinin B2 Receptor in Immunological and Vascular Diseases: Insights from Kinin Biology to Clinical Outcomes — Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology 2026
abstract not reproduced — this record is not open-access, so it is linked rather than copied.
publisher record ↗ · PMID 42397484 · DOI 10.1007/s12016-026-09178-y
G protein signaling capabilities at the bradykinin 2 receptor — Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 2026
abstract not reproduced — this record is not open-access, so it is linked rather than copied.
publisher record ↗ · PMID 42547588 · DOI 10.1007/s00210-026-05758-z
[Current and future therapies for bradykinin-mediated angioedema] — Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) 2026
abstract not reproduced — this record is not open-access, so it is linked rather than copied.
publisher record ↗ · PMID 42550203 · DOI 10.1007/s00105-026-05754-7
Pediatric Non-Hereditary, Non-Allergic, Bradykinin-Mediated Angioedema in a Postoperative Intensive Care Patient: A Case Report — Military medicine 2026
abstract not reproduced — this record is not open-access, so it is linked rather than copied.
publisher record ↗ · PMID 40966718 · DOI 10.1093/milmed/usaf380
Could bradykinin pathway inhibition change the course of severe hantavirus disease? — Immunology letters 2026
abstract not reproduced — this record is not open-access, so it is linked rather than copied.
publisher record ↗ · PMID 42251906 · DOI 10.1016/j.imlet.2026.107201
Bradykinin modulates endothelin-1-enhanced and monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension-associated arrhythmogenesis in rabbit right ventricular outflow tract via a nitric oxide-dependent pathway — European journal of pharmacology 2026
abstract not reproduced — this record is not open-access, so it is linked rather than copied.
publisher record ↗ · PMID 42035941 · DOI 10.1016/j.ejphar.2026.178896
Expression of PGE2, Histamine, Bradykinin, NaV-1.7, NaV-1.8, NaV-1.9 in Nerve Cells of Normal and Inflamed Dental Pulp Tissue Following Pulp Extirpation — European journal of dentistry 2026
abstract not reproduced — this record is not open-access, so it is linked rather than copied.
publisher record ↗ · PMID 42457135 · DOI 10.1055/s-0046-1824620
[Clinical presentation and diagnosis of bradykinin-mediated angioedema] — Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) 2026
abstract not reproduced — this record is not open-access, so it is linked rather than copied.
publisher record ↗ · PMID 42640320 · DOI 10.1007/s00105-026-05760-9
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