title: Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA coding for the precursor of the human cysteine proteinase inhibitor cystatin C.
abstract: Recombinant cystatin C producing clones were isolated from a human placenta lambda gt11 cDNA library. The cDNA insert of one of the clones, containing 777 base pairs, encodes the complete mature cystatin C (120 amino acids) and a hydrophobic leader sequence of 26 amino acids, indicating an extracellular function of the inhibitor. The deduced protein sequence confirms the protein sequence of cystatin C isolated from human urine, but differs in one position from the sequence of the cystatin C fragment deposited as amyloid in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C525030:CST3 protein, human; D055316:Cystatin C; D015891:Cystatins; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D011498:Protein Precursors; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA