title: Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA encoding a precursor for rat brain natriuretic peptide.
abstract: Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a new type of natriuretic peptide, which has so far been identified only in porcine brain and atrium. Immunological observations suggest that rat and porcine BNP may have structural difference according to species. To identify rat BNP, we constructed a rat atrial cDNA library, and screened for clones encoding rat BNP-precursor by using part of porcine BNP cDNA as a probe. By sequencing a cloned cDNA, the amino acid sequence of rat BNP-precursor comprising 121 residues was deduced as carrying a 26-residue putative signal peptide at the N-terminus and a region homologous to porcine BNP-32 at the C-terminus. In addition, remarkably high homology between rat and porcine BNP-precursors was observed in the 3'-untranslated AT-rich region. Comparing sequences of precursors of ANP and BNP thus far identified, structural and processing features characteristic of the BNP family were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minamino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kangawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D004247:DNA