title: cDNA cloning of a 8-lipoxygenase and a novel epidermis-type lipoxygenase from phorbol ester-treated mouse skin.
abstract: Using a combination of PCR cloning and conventional screening procedures, we isolated from phorbol ester-treated mouse epidermis two full length cDNA clones encoding novel lipoxygenases. One of the cDNAs turned out to be identical to the recently cloned 8-lipoxygenase [Jisaka et al., J. Biol. Chem. 272 (1997) 24 410-24 416], the open reading frame of the second one corresponded to a protein of 701 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 80.6 kDa. The amino acid sequence showed 50.8% identity to human 15-lipoxygenase 2, approximately 40% to 5-lipoxygenase and 35% to 12- and 15-lipoxygenases. A unique structural feature is the insertion of 31 amino acid residues in the amino-terminal part of the molecule. Based on these data, we conclude that this epidermis-derived cDNA encodes a novel lipoxygenase isoform termed provisionally epidermis-type lipoxygenase 2 (e-LOX 2).
authors.affiliation: Research Program on Tumor Cell Regulation, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. p.krieg@dkfz-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krieg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinzig
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heidt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fürstenberger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001092:Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase / Q000737:chemistry; D001093:Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase / Q000737:chemistry; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases / Q000737:chemistry*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D001092:Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase; D001093:Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase; C054192:arachidonate 8-lipoxygenase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate