title: Amino-terminal propeptide of human pro-alpha 2(V) collagen conforms to the structural criteria of a fibrillar procollagen molecule.
abstract: We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone encoding the amino-terminal portion of human alpha 2(V) procollagen and found that the structure of the 186-residue amino-terminal propeptide closely resembles those of the fibril-forming procollagens. Juxtaposed to a 26-residue leader peptide, pro-alpha 2(V) exhibits a characteristic cysteine-rich globular region followed by 24 Gly-X-Y repeats which are interrupted by two short non-collagenous sequences. Upon closer examination, each of these two sequences was noted to display structural motifs characteristic of either pro-alpha 1(I) and pro-alpha 1(III) collagens or pro-alpha 1(II) collagen, respectively. Finally, within the amino-terminal telopeptide, a putative amino-terminal proteinase cleavage site, Ala-Gln, was identified. This latter finding strongly suggests that the alpha 2(V) amino-terminal propeptide can be potentially processed and thus leaves unresolved the issue pertaining to the nature of the collagenase-resistant sequence that is retained by mature type V collagen molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Morse Institute of Molecular Genetics, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Woodbury
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benson-Chanda
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ramirez
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011347:Procollagen / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D011347:Procollagen; D004247:DNA