title: Expression of a deletion mutant of the prosegment of human prorenin in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
abstract: Expression plasmids encoding native human preporenin and a mutant deleted in its entire prosegment were transfected into Chinese hamster ovary cells. The cells transfected with the expression plasmid of native preporenin secreted exclusively inactive prorenin, while the cells transfected with the mutant secreted the active enzyme. The secreted amount of renin from the latter cells was much lower than that of prorenin from the former ones, although these two enzymes had little difference in specific activity after trypsin activation. These results suggest that the prosegment plays an important role in the secretory process of renin, although the fully active enzyme can be formed in its absence.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagahama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012083:Renin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012083:Renin