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Sixty grams is confirmed as a critical body mass for induction of estrus in juvenile female opossums as identified in our previous study [ 7 ] . Somatic growth and attainment of a threshold body mass or energy reserves are known requisites for puberty in many mammals including the tammar wallaby [ 26 ] , sheep [ 27 28 ] , and several species of rodents [ 1 ] , but these factors seldom act independently of environmental factors such as photoperiod [ 26 27 ] or social cues [ 3 29 ] . The opossum is unusual in this regard, because social cues in the form of male pheromone appear to stimulate both somatic growth and ovarian activation.
The opossum alpha-2C adrenergic receptor has a very similar acidic serine motif (EESSTSE) in the third intracellular loop (Figure 1; [ 21 ] ), whereas the human alpha-2C receptor has a DESSAAAE sequence in the same region (Figure 2; [ 22 ] ). Thus, we postulated that the lack of down-regulation in the human alpha-2C was related to having only two rather than four serines in the motif, and furthermore that the ability of the opossum alpha-2C to undergo down-regulation was dependent on having all four serine/threonine residues in the EESSTSE motif.
Estradiol concentrations in plasma were measured with a RIA validated for female opossum plasma in our laboratory [ 19 ] . The antiserum, a gift from R.L.
Sequence of the opossum alpha-2C adrenergic receptor
The elimination of the terminal two hydroxyl amino acid residues in the EESSTSE motif is sufficient to prevent down-regulation of the opossum alpha-2C adrenergic receptor.
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