Primary structure of the human elafin precursor preproelafin deduced from the nucleotide sequence of its gene and the presence of unique repetitive sequences in the prosegment.
The human elafin gene was cloned and its entire nucleotide sequence was determined to deduce the amino acid sequence for the precursor of elafin, an elastase-specific inhibitor. The gene spans approximately 1.7 kb and is divided into 3 exons. The gene product preproelafin consists of 117 amino acids: the initiator Met, a putative 25-amino acid signal peptide, a pro-sequence of about 34 amino acids, and the C-terminal 57 amino acids for mature elafin. Possible covalent clotting of the prosegment and its physiological significance have been pointed out based on a remarkable sequence similarity between the pro-sequence and the guinea pig seminal clotting protein SVP-1.
Saheki
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Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Ito
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Hagiwara
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H
Saito
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Kuroki
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Tachibana
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Hirose
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics*; D053491:Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory; D011506:Proteins; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*
D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D053491:Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory; D011506:Proteins; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors