title: Localization of the gene encoding peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) to human chromosome 5q14-5q21.
abstract: Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM; EC 1.14.17.3) is a multifunctional protein containing two enzymes that act sequentially to catalyze the alpha-amidation of neuroendocrine peptides. Southern blot analysis of human placental DNA demonstrated that PAM is encoded by a single gene. The chromosomal localization of the PAM gene was established using in situ hybridization. A 2.2-kb human PAM cDNA hybridized to human metaphase chromosomes revealed a significant clustering of silver grains over chromosome 5 bands q14-q21. The gene encoding another enzyme important in the post-translational processing of neuroendocrine precursors, prohormone convertase 1 (PC1), is localized in the same region (5q15-q21).
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 297, Faculté de Médecine Nord, Marseille.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Ouafik
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Eipper
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mains
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D006801:Humans; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics*; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C035189:peptidylglycine monooxygenase