title: Gene structures of rat cathepsins H and L.
abstract: The gene structures of rat cathepsins H and L have been determined. Cathepsin H gene spans more than 21.5 Kbp and comprises more than 12 exons. On the other hand, cathepsin L gene spans 8.5 Kbp and comprises 8 exons. In both genes, two intron insertion positions are conserved at the amino acid level. Both enzymes, therefore, diverged from a common ancestral gene. In the 5'-upstream region of the cathepsin L gene, no TATA box, one CAAT box and some SP-1 binding sites exist, common with other lysosomal enzyme genes. Furthermore, two AP-2 binding sites exist: a promoter under the control by the tumor promoter (TPA) and cAMP, and a cAMP response element (CRE). These results suggest that the cathepsin L gene expression is controlled by these factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishidoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katunuma
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kominami
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D056655:Cathepsin H; D056668:Cathepsin L; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000235:genetics*; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D010450:Endopeptidases; D005091:Exons; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D002403:Cathepsins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D056668:Cathepsin L; C534280:Ctsl protein, rat; D056655:Cathepsin H; C534128:Ctsh protein, rat