title: Cloning of the cDNA and gene of mouse mast cell protease-6. Transcription by progenitor mast cells and mast cells of the connective tissue subclass.
abstract: The cDNA and gene for mouse mast cell protease-6 (MMCP-6) have been sequenced and show MMCP-6 to be translated as a prepro-enzyme with a 21-amino acid hydrophobic leader peptide, a 10-amino acid activation peptide, and a 245-amino acid mature enzyme. The mature form of the enzyme has 73% amino acid sequence identity with human and dog mast cell tryptases. The MMCP-6 gene includes 6 exons, with a total span of 1.8 kilobases. A 208-base pair intron was defined which separates the 5'-untranslated sequence of MMCP-6 from the translation initiation codon, thereby presenting a gene organization which distinguishes tryptic serine proteases from chymotryptic serine proteases of the mast cell secretory granule. By RNA blot analysis with a gene-specific probe, MMCP-6 has a unique subclass distribution in being transcribed in mouse connective tissue mast cells but undetectable in mucosal mast cells. MMCP-6 is the first serine protease of any class to be shown to be significantly transcribed in progenitor, bone marrow-derived mast cells, which can reconstitute both mucosal mast cell and connective tissue mast cell populations in mast cell-deficient mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Gurley
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Austen
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Serafin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D053802:Tryptases
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; C509190:Tpsb2 protein, mouse; D004247:DNA; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; C023073:tosylarginine methyl ester hydrolase; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C509222:Tpsab1 protein, mouse; D053802:Tryptases