title: Cloning, sequence analysis, and processing of the rat and human atrial natriuretic peptide precursors.
abstract: Complementary DNA sequences and structural genes encoding the atrial natriuretic peptide precursor (prepro-ANP) have been cloned. Analysis of DNA sequences, complementary to rat atrial prepro-ANP mRNA, has revealed that the various natriuretic peptides isolated from rat atrium reside at the carboxy terminus of a 152-amino-acid precursor protein. The human gene, comprised of three exons and two intervening sequences, encodes a protein of 151 amino acids highly homologous to the rat precursor. Although putative proteolytic processing sites can be identified throughout the prepro-ANP amino acid sequence, the natural form of the mature ANP has not been identified. Therefore, the sites and mechanisms of prepro-ANP processing to mature peptides forms are unknown. However, the successful cloning of the prepro-ANP gene and corresponding cDNAs provide the necessary molecular tools to address these fundamental questions relating to the regulation of ANP synthesis and processing in atrial and extraatrial tissues.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009318:Natriuresis; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D004247:DNA