title: The primary structure of porcine aminoacylase 1 deduced from cDNA sequence.
abstract: A cDNA encoding the complete amino acid sequence of aminoacylase 1 (N-acylamino acid aminohydrolase, ACY-1) [EC 3.5.1.14], a dimeric metalloprotein having two Zn2+ in the molecule, which catalyzes the deacylation of N-acylated L-amino acids except L-aspartic acid, has been isolated from porcine kidney lambda gt10 cDNA library and sequenced. From sequence analysis of the cDNA and the N- and C-terminal amino acid analyses of the purified protein, it is deduced that porcine kidney ACY-1 consists of two identical subunits (M(r) 45,260), each of which consists of a single chain of 406 amino acids with acetylalanine at the N-terminus. A cDNA encoding porcine liver ACY-1 was also cloned. The amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA from porcine liver was identical to that deduced for porcine kidney ACY-1. Northern blot analysis suggested that ACY-1 is more highly expressed in kidney than in liver. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of porcine ACY-1 with those of other Zn2+-binding metalloenzymes showed no significant homologies in either the overall sequence or the consensus sequences for the metal binding sites. This indicates that ACY-1 is a new type of metalloprotein.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Laboratories, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Otsu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnogi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sakiyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsunasawa
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015723:Gene Library; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C019672:aminoacylase I