title: Molecular cloning and sequence of the cDNA for a 94-amino-acid seminal plasma protein secreted by the human prostate.
abstract: The precursor to a seminal plasma protein reported to have inhibin-like activity was characterized through cDNA cloning and sequencing. It is a 114-amino-acid polypeptide which differs from its seminal plasma derivative mainly by the presence of a 20-residue amino-terminal extension, a putative signal sequence, carrying a possible N-glycosylation site. The protein is specified by a single gene per haploid genome. Its mRNA is detectable in the prostate but not in the testis, which suggests that it is primarily a prostatic secretory protein.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000502:physiology*; D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012661:Semen / Q000502:physiology*; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins
chemical_list: D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; C043076:beta-microseminoprotein; D004247:DNA