title: cDNA structure, tissue distribution, and chromosomal localization of rat PC7, a novel mammalian proprotein convertase closest to yeast kexin-like proteinases.
abstract: By using reverse transcription-coupled PCR on rat anterior pituitary RNA, we isolated a 285-bp cDNA coding for a novel subtilisin/kexin-like protein convertase (PC), called rat (r) PC7. By screening rat spleen and PC12 cell lambda gt11 cDNA libraries, we obtained a composite 3.5-kb full-length cDNA sequence of rPC7. The open reading frame codes for a prepro-PC with a 36-amino acid signal peptide, a 104-amino acid prosegment ending with a cleavable RAKR sequence, and a 747-amino acid type I membrane-bound glycoprotein, representing the mature form of this serine proteinase. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that PC7 represents the most divergent enzyme of the mammalian convertase family and that it is the closest member to the yeast convertases krp and kexin. Northern blot analyses demonstrated a widespread expression with the richest source of rPC7 mRNA being the colon and lymphoid-associated tissues. In situ hybridization revealed a distinctive tissue distribution that sometimes overlaps with that of furin, suggesting that PC7 has widespread proteolytic functions. The gene for PC7 (Pcsk7) was mapped to mouse chromosome 9 by linkage analysis of an interspecific backcross DNA panel.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Seidah
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamelin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mamarbachi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tardos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mbikay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chretien
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009115:Muridae; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013381:Subtilisins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C099101:PCSK7 protein, human; C490930:Pcsk7 protein, mouse; C490931:Pcsk7 protein, rat; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D013381:Subtilisins; C058751:KEX2 protein, S cerevisiae