title: Goldfish tyrosinase related protein I (TRP-1): deduced amino acid sequence from cDNA and comments on structural features.
abstract: Previous workers have shown that mammals have tyrosinase and tyrosinase related proteins (TRPs) that share common structural domains, all of which are not present in microbial tyrosinases. We report here the deduced amino acid sequence of a TRP from fish that is highly homologous to mammalian TRP-1. Examination of the structures of these vertebrate tyrosinases and TRPs shows that, aside from the conserved cysteine-rich and histidine-rich domains previously noted, there are a large number of conserved prolines and glycines, leading to an abundance of turns and few conserved helical regions. These tyrosinases and TRP-1s also have in their cytosolic tails a consensus sequence that is not present in any other protein. It is proposed that this sequence may participate in directing these proteins to the melanosomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Tchen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D006054:Goldfish / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase / Q000737:chemistry; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C079621:Tyrp1 protein, mouse; C064056:tyrosinase-related protein-1; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase