title: cDNA cloning, characterization and stable expression of novel human brain carboxylesterase.
abstract: The DNA sequence encoding a novel human brain carboxylesterase (CES) has been determined. The protein is predicted to have 567 amino acids, including conserved motifs, such as GESAGG, GXXXXEFG, and GDHGD which comprise a catalytic triad, and the endoplasmic reticulum retention motif (HXEL-COOH) observed in CES families. Their gene products exhibited hydrolase activity towards temocapril, p-nitrophenyl-acetate and long-chain acyl-CoA. Since the molecular masses of these gene products are similar to those that exist in capillary endothelial cells of the human brain [Yamamda et al. (1994) Brain Res. 658, 163-167], these CES isozymes may function as a blood-brain barrier to protect the central nervous system from ester or amide compounds.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsukada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chiba
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D043182:Carboxylesterase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002384:Catalysis; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007527:Isoenzymes; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D043182:Carboxylesterase