title: Database cloning human delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS) cDNA: a bifunctional enzyme catalyzing the first 2 steps in proline biosynthesis.
abstract: delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS) catalyzes the ATP and the NAD(P)H-dependent conversion of L-glutamate to glutamic gamma-semialdehyde (GSA) which is the metabolic precursor for proline biosynthesis. We cloned a human P5CS cDNA by database cloning strategy and sequenced 2,907 bp from this cDNA which has a closed open reading frame (ORF) of 2,385 bp coding for a polypeptide of 795 amino acid residues. This cDNA, as its plant counterpart, encodes a bifunctional enzyme, with both gamma-glutamyl kinase (gamma-GK) and gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase (gamma-GPR) activities that catalyzes the first 2 steps in proline biosynthesis and it hybridizes to a 4.5 kb mRNA from various tissues. A human genetic disease caused by a deficient P5CS has been recognized. The phenotypic features for deficiency of P5CS include joint hyperlaxity, skin hyperelasticity, cataract and mental retardation with hyperammonemia and low plasma levels of proline, citrulline and ornithine.
authors: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, Paris, France.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Aral
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Schlenzig
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Liu
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Kamoun
mesh_terms: D050842:1-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate Dehydrogenase; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002384:Catalysis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D050698:Glutamate-5-Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017851:Phosphotransferases (Carboxyl Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D011392:Proline / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011392:Proline; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; D050698:Glutamate-5-Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase; D050842:1-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate Dehydrogenase; C494240:ALDH4A1 protein, human; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D017851:Phosphotransferases (Carboxyl Group Acceptor); C020650:glutamate 5-kinase