title: Gene structure of mouse cathepsin B.
abstract: The structure of a genomic DNA fragment encoding mouse cathepsin B was characterized. The genomic insert spans 15 kbp and contains 9 exons encoding the 339 amino acid residues of mouse preprocathepsin B. Intron break-points are not found at the junctions of the pre-peptide, pro-peptide and mature enzyme. Like other cysteine proteinase genes, the region around the cysteinyl active site is split by an intron, but in contrast with cathepsins L and H the intron break-point is located immediately after the active site.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherches sur l'expression des protéases, SRV Theix, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Ceyrat, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wojcik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rhaissi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mordier
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Béchet
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002401:Cathepsin B / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005796:Genes; D015698:Genomic Library; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D002401:Cathepsin B