title: Cloning and sequence analysis of a snake, Atractaspis engaddensis gene encoding sarafotoxin S6c.
abstract: A 469 base pair genomic DNA, which encodes the mature region of a snake cardiotoxic peptide, sarafotoxin S6c, was isolated from the liver of the burrowing asp, Atractaspis engaddensis. The nucleotide sequence encoding the mature peptide region showed a high sequence homology with those of mammalian vasoconstrictor peptides, endothelin family as expected from the high homology of their amino acid sequences. In contrast, both of the upper and lower flanking sequences of sarafotoxin gene and the deduced amino acid sequence of the sarafotoxin precursor were quite different from those of endothelin family. These results suggest that the ancestral gene and biosynthetic pathway of sarafotoxins are different from those of endothelin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Onda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujino
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016232:Endothelins / Q000235:genetics; D015698:Genomic Library; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012911:Snakes / Q000235:genetics*; D014757:Viper Venoms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011498:Protein Precursors; D014757:Viper Venoms; C057354:sarafotoxins s6; D004247:DNA