title: Molecular cloning of the mouse angiotensinogen gene.
abstract: We describe here the cloning, restriction mapping, and sequencing of the mouse angiotensinogen gene. The 5' flanking region contains consensus sequences for several hormone-responsive elements and viral-like enhancers within 750 bp of the cap site. The deduced amino acid sequence shows 87% identity with rat angiotensinogen, but there is a discrepancy in the number of cysteine residues in the mature protein among rat (n = 3), human (n = 4), and mouse (n = 4). Because angiotensinogen is homologous to other members of the serine protease inhibitor family, we aligned the putative reactive center of angiotensinogens from various species. This alignment shows that the inhibitor site in human angiotensinogen is different from its rodent counterpart, but the role of this sequence divergence in the pathogenesis of human disease remains to be established.
authors.affiliation: Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Clouston
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haralambidis
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000808:Angiotensinogen / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D007120:Immunochemistry; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000808:Angiotensinogen