title: Cloning and sequencing of a human endothelin converting enzyme in renal adenocarcinoma (ACHN) cells producing endothelin-2.
abstract: Endothelin (ET)-2 is a 21 residue vasoactive peptide which is biosynthesized from big ET-2(1-38) by a specific cleavage at Trp21-Val22 with an ET converting enzyme (ECE). To identify an ECE in ACHN (human renal adenocarcinoma) cells which produce ET-2, we have cloned and sequenced a novel cDNA encoding a human ECE in ACHN (hAECE). It encodes a 770 amino acid protein with a zinc-binding motif and a single membrane spanning region. The sequences of nucleic acids and amino acids from Leu45 to Trp770 of hAECE are identical to those from Leu33 to Trp758 of a human ECE in HUVEC (hHECE). The sequences in the amino-terminal moiety are divergent between hAECE and hHECE. Based on the difference of the amino-terminal amino acid sequences, ECEs reported so far, can be classified into two isoforms. These results strongly suggest that an alternative splicing might occur in the 5'-terminal region of the ECE pre-mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Biology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yorimitsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moroi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000201:enzymology*; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D000072396:Endothelin-Converting Enzymes; D016232:Endothelins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016232:Endothelins; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D000072396:Endothelin-Converting Enzymes