title: cDNA cloning of rat proteasome subunit RC10-II, assumed to be responsible for trypsin-like catalytic activity.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of a cDNA that encodes a new subunit, named RC10-II, of the 20S proteasome of rat embryonic brain has been determined. The polypeptide predicted from the open reading frame consists of 205 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of 22,965 and isoelectric point of 6.15. Computer analysis showed that RC10-II belongs to the beta-type subgroup of proteasomes, differing clearly from alpha-type subunits of the proteasome gene family. The primary structure of RC10-II was found to contain the partial amino acid sequences of several fragments of subunit 13, which has a cysteinyl residue critical for the trypsin-like catalytic activity, as reported by L. R. Dick et al. [Biochemistry 31, 7347-7355, 1992], suggesting that RC10-II is a proteasomal subunit necessary for the expression of tryptic activity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Toxicology, Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd., Gunma, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akioka
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ichihara
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D015723:Gene Library; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014357:Trypsin; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex