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Isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding rat cationic trypsinogen.

Authors: Fletcher, TS  Alhadeff, M  Craik, CS  Largman, C 
Citation: Fletcher TS, etal., Biochemistry 1987 Jun 2;26(11):3081-6.
RGD ID: 1299443
Pubmed: PMID:3607011   (View Abstract at PubMed)

A cDNA encoding rat cationic trypsinogen has been isolated by immunoscreening from a rat pancreas cDNA library. The protein encoded by this cDNA is highly basic and contains all of the structural features observed in trypsinogens. The amino acid sequence of rat cationic trypsinogen is 75% and 77% homologous to the two anionic rat trypsinogens. The homology of rat cationic trypsinogen to these anionic trypsinogens is lower than its homology to other mammalian cationic trypsinogens, suggesting that anionic and cationic trypsins probably diverged prior to the divergence of rodents and ungulates. The most unusual feature of this trypsinogen is the presence of an activation peptide containing five aspartic acid residues, in contrast to all other reported trypsinogen activation peptides which contain four acidic amino acid residues. Comparisons of cationic and anionic trypsins reveal that the majority of the charge changes occur in the C-terminal portion of the protein, which forms the substrate binding site. Several regions of conserved charge differences between cationic and anionic trypsins have been identified in this region, which may influence the rate of hydrolysis of protein substrates.

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Gene Prss3b protease, serine, 3B Rattus norvegicus

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