title: Rat liver carboxylesterase: cDNA cloning, sequencing, and evidence for a multigene family.
abstract: A cDNA clone was isolated from a rat liver lambda gt11 expression library by screening with polyclonal antibodies raised against a rat liver microsomal carboxylesterase. This clone of 1.8 kb contained an open reading frame encoding a mature protein of 531 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 58,084. The 5' portion of the clone coded for 9 amino acids of a putative signal peptide. The 3' end of the clone included an untranslated region and a poly (A) tail. Carboxylesterase active site regions, five potential N-linked glycosylation sites, and 2 postulated cystine disulfide bridges were found in the cDNA-deduced amino acid sequence. Sequences obtained from tryptic peptides and the NH2-terminus of the purified native carboxylesterase were aligned with the deduced amino acid sequence, and the overall identity was 84%. Southern blot analysis suggested the presence of multiple genes. Thus it is concluded that we have cloned a rat liver carboxylesterase, and that this enzyme is a member of a multigene family.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Pohl
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004220:Disulfides; D006031:Glycosylation; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D004220:Disulfides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D014357:Trypsin