title: Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA encoding tyrosinase of the Japanese pond frog, Rana nigromaculata.
abstract: We cloned and sequenced the cDNA encoding tyrosinase (TYN) of the Japanese pond frog, Rana nigromaculata. The 3511-bp cDNA contained a 54-bp 5'-noncoding region, a 1596-bp open reading frame encoding TYN of 532 amino acids (aa), and a 1861-bp 3'-noncoding region. The aa sequence of frog TYN predicted from the cDNA sequence was homologous to that of mouse and human TYNs. The aa sequence including the copper-binding domain, which is likely the active center of TYN, was highly conserved among these three species and Neurospora crassa, Streptomyces antibioticus, and S. glaucescens. The frog TYN also contains possible glycosylation sites and conserved Cys at sites similar to those in the mouse and human TYNs. There are two hydrophobic regions at the N-terminus and near the C-terminus, which are likely the signal (leader) peptide and a transmembrane domain, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Amphibian Biology, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takase
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishioka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005796:Genes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D011898:Ranidae / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase