title: Characterization of the cDNA and gene for mouse tumour necrosis factor alpha converting enzyme (TACE/ADAM17) and its location to mouse chromosome 12 and human chromosome 2p25.
abstract: Numerous proteins are cleaved or "shed" from their membrane-bound form. One such protein, tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), is synthesized as a type 2 transmembrane protein. Recently, a human protease responsible for this shedding, the TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE/ADAM17), was isolated. TACE/ADAM17 is a member of the adamalysin class of zinc-binding metalloproteases or ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease). We report the isolation and characterization of the mouse TACE/ADAM17 cDNA and gene. Mouse TACE/ADAM17 has a 92% amino-acid identity with the human protein and was ubiquitously expressed. A recombinant form of the protease is found to cleave a peptide representing the cleavage site of precursor mouse TNF-alpha. An alternatively spliced form of mouse TACE/ADAM17 was found that would produce a soluble protein. The gene for TACE/ADAM17 is approximately 50 kb and contains 19 exons. Chromosomal mapping places TACE/ADAM17 on mouse chromosome 12 and human chromosome 2p25.
authors.affiliation: Immunex Corporation, 51 University St., Seattle, WA, 98101, USA. cerretti@immunex.com
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Cerretti
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Poindexter
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Castner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Means
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D051722:ADAM Proteins; D000072198:ADAM17 Protein; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005091:Exons; D015698:Genomic Library; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D051722:ADAM Proteins; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D000072198:ADAM17 Protein; C000606462:ADAM17 protein, human; C000606463:Adam17 protein, mouse