title: Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of a serine protease with clip-domain homologue from scallop Chlamys farreri.
abstract: Serine proteases play critical roles in a variety of invertebrate immune defense responses, including hemolymph coagulation, antimicrobial peptide synthesis, and melanization. The first mollusk serine protease with clip-domain (designated CFSP1) cDNA was obtained from the scallop Chlamys farreri challenged with Vibrio anguillarum by randomly sequencing a whole tissue cDNA library and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The full-length cDNA of the C. farreri serine protease was 1211bp, consisting of a 5'-terminal untranslated region (UTR) of 72bp, a 3'-terminal UTR of 77bp with a canonical polyadenylation signal sequence AATAAA and a poly (A) tail, and an open reading frame of 1062bp. The CFSP1 cDNA encoded a polypeptide of 354 amino acids with a putative signal peptide of 19 amino acids and a mature protein of 335 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of CFSP1 contained an amino-terminal clip domain, a low complexity region, and a carboxyl-terminal serine protease domain. CFSP1 mRNA was mainly expressed constitutively in the hemocytes and was up-regulated and increased 2.9- and 1.9-fold at 16h after injury and injection of bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao 266071, PR China; Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, PR China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Linsheng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jiangmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yaqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000276:immunology*; D006434:Hemocytes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D049897:Pectinidae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000662:veterinary; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors; D014733:Vibrio / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases