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Cloning of Pig Kidney cDNA Encoding an Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme

돼지 신장의 Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme cDNA 클로닝

  • Yoon, Jang-Ho (Department of Food Science and Technology, Dongguk University) ;
  • Yoon, Joo-Ok (Department of Food Science and Technology, Dongguk University) ;
  • Hong, Kwang-Won (Department of Food Science and Technology, Dongguk University)
  • Published : 2006.12.31
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Abstract

Angiotensin converting enzyme(ACE) is a zinc-containing dipeptidase widely distributed in mammalian tissues and is thought to play a significant role in blood pressure regulation by hydrolyzing angiotensin I to the potent vasoconstrictor, angiotensin II. Recently, the presence of ACE in pig ovary was reported and the ACE from pig kidney was isolated and characterized. However no nucleotide sequence of the ACE gene from pig is yet known. We report here the cloning of the ACE cDNA from pig kidney by using the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. The complete amino acid sequence deduced from the cDNA contains 1309 residues with a molecular mass of 150 kDa, beginning with a signal peptide of 33 amino acids. Amino acid sequence analysis showed that pig kidney ACE is also probably anchored by a short transmembrane domain located near the C-terminus. This protein contains a tandem duplication of the two homologous amino acid peptidase domain. Each of these two domains bears a putative metal-binding site (His-Glu-Met-Gly-His) identified in mammalian somatic ACE. The alignment of pig ACE amino acid sequence with human, rabbit, and mouse reveals that both two domains have been highly conserved during evolution.

포유류의 조직에 널리 분포되어 있으며 혈압 조절에 중요한 역할을 하는 Angiotensin-converting enzyme(ACE)은 아연을 함유하는 dipeptidase로서 angiotensin I을 가수분해하여 강력한 혈압상승제인 angiotensin II를 생성하는 효소이다. 최근에 돼지의 난소에서 ACE 활성이 측정되었으며, 돼지의 신장에서 ACE 단백질이 분리되어 그 특성이 알려졌다. 그러나 돼지의 어떠한 ACE DNA 염기서열도 아직까지 보고 된 바는 없다. 그러므로 본 연구에서 reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)을 이용하여 돼지의 신장 ACE cDNA를 클로닝하고 그 염기서열을 분석하였다. ACE cDNA는 1309개의 아미노산으로 구성되어 있으며 그 분자량은 150kDa이다. 염기서열로부터 유추한 아미노산의 서열을 분석한 결과, N 말단의 33개 아미노산이 signal peptide 역할을 하는 것으로 보이며, C 말단 근처의 짧은 transmembrane 영역은 세포막에 anchor역할을 하는 것으로 보인다. 돼지 신장의 ACE에서 두 개의 매우 유사한 amino acid peptidase domain은 tandem duplication 되어 있으며, 각각의 domain은 다른 포유류의 체세포 ACE들과 마찬가지로 putative metal-binding site(His-Glu-Met-Gly-His)를 하나씩 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 돼지 신장 ACE 서열과 인간, 토끼, 쥐 등과 같은 포유류의 ACE 아미노산 서열들과의 상동성 비교는 진화과정 중 두 domain이 매우 잘 보전되어 왔음을 보여주고 있다.

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