title: Cloning of cDNA encoding a new peptide C-terminal alpha-amidating enzyme having a putative membrane-spanning domain from Xenopus laevis skin.
abstract: A cDNA clone encoding a precursor of a peptide C-terminal alpha-amidating enzyme (AE-I) from Xenopus laevis skin was recently isolated and sequenced in our laboratory. In this study, by using the restriction fragment of this clone as a hybridization probe, we have identified the cDNA encoding another new peptide C-terminal alpha-amidating enzyme (tentatively named AE-II) distinct from AE-I. The cDNA encodes a polypeptide of 875 amino acid residues, which contains a region extensively homologous to AE-I precursor at N-terminus. The encoded protein characteristically has a putative membrane-spanning domain near C-terminus. Our results indicate that C-terminal alpha-amide formation of peptides in Xenopus skin is regulated by at least two distinct alpha-amidating enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Suntory Institute for Biomedical Research, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohsuye
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuchimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012867:Skin / Q000032:analysis; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C035189:peptidylglycine monooxygenase; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; C025630:CAGCTG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific