title: Nucleotide sequence of a nearly full-length cDNA coding for pepsinogen of rat gastric mucosa.
abstract: A nearly full-length rat pepsinogen cDNA was isolated from a rat gastric mucosa cDNA library and its nucleotide sequence was determined. The cDNA comprises 1370 base pairs (bp), including the 5'-non-coding region (60 bp), the coding nucleotide sequence (1176 bp) and the 3'-non-coding region (131 bp). The predicted amino acid sequence of rat prepepsinogen (392 residues) contains a 16-residue signal sequence followed by the pepsionogen moiety of 376 residues. Rat pepsinogen has an amino acid composition characteristic of C-type pepsinogens and is much more homologous in amino acid sequence with C-type pepsinogens than A-type pepsinogens. These results indicate that the major form of rat pepsinogen can be classified as a C type pepsinogen.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon / Q000502:physiology; D004247:DNA / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010435:Pepsinogens / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D003062:Codon; D010435:Pepsinogens; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA