title: Further studies on the human pancreatic binary complexes involving procarboxypeptidase A.
abstract: In contrast to procarboxypeptidase B which has always been reported to be secreted by the pancreas as a monomer, procarboxypeptidase A occurs as a monomer and/or associated to one or two functionally different proteins, depending on the species. Recent studies showed that, in the human pancreatic secretion, procarboxypeptidase A is mainly secreted as a 44 kDa protein involved in at least three different binary complexes. As previously reported, two of these complexes associated procarboxypeptidase A to either a glycosylated truncated protease E or zymogen E. In this paper, we identified proelastase 2 as the partner of procarboxypeptidase A in the third complex, thus reporting for the first time the occurrence of a proelastase 2/procarboxypeptidase A binary complex in vertebrates. Moreover, from N-terminal sequence analyses, the 44 kDa procarboxypeptidase A involved in these complexes was identified as being of the A1 type. Only one type of procarboxypeptidase B, the B1 type, has been detected in the analyzed pancreatic juices, thus emphasizing the previously observed genetic differences between individuals.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire du CNRS, Marseílle, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moulard
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Michon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kerfelec
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chapus
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D043424:Carboxypeptidase B; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D043422:Carboxypeptidases A; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010189:Pancreatic Juice / Q000201:enzymology*; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D043422:Carboxypeptidases A; D043424:Carboxypeptidase B; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C022443:proelastase; C028734:protease E; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase