title: Cloning and sequencing of cDNA encoding human sepiapterin reductase--an enzyme involved in tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis.
abstract: A full-length cDNA clone for sepiapterin reductase, an enzyme involved in tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis, was isolated from a human liver cDNA library by plaque hybridization. The nucleotide sequence of hSPR 8-25, which contained an entire coding region of the enzyme, was determined. The clone encoded a protein of 261 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 28,047 daltons. The predicted amino acid sequence of human sepiapterin reductase showed a 74% identity with the rat enzyme. We further found a striking homology between human SPR and carbonyl reductase, estradiol 17 beta-dehydrogenase, and 3 beta-hydroxy-5-ene steroid dehydrogenase, especially in their N-terminal region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sueoka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Titani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagatsu
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001708:Biopterins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D001708:Biopterins; D004247:DNA; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C022630:sepiapterin reductase; C003402:sapropterin