| Autor: |
Gieseg, Michael A., Swarbrick, Peter A., Perko, Lana, Powell, Robert J., Cutfield, John F. |
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General and Comparative Endocrinology; November 1997, Vol. 108 Issue: 2 p199-208, 10p |
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Total pancreatic RNA from the holocephalan speciesCallorhyncus milii(elephantfish) was used to make cDNA as a template for the polymerase chain reaction. Three redundant primers based on the known amino acid sequence of elephantfish insulin were used to amplify a fragment of proinsulin comprising truncated B-chain, complete C-peptide, and complete A-chain. Whereas the C-peptide/A-chain junction contained the expected dibasic cleavage site (-Lys-Arg-), the B-chain/C-peptide junction was found to contain only a single Arg, the first such site to be unequivocally associated with the proteolytic processing of a proinsulin to insulin. Examination of the flanking sequences around this site shows that a typical endocrine/neuroendocrine PC3 conversion enzyme should still be able to cleave, as the general requirements for precursor processing at a monobasic site are satisfied, notably a basic residue (Lys) at the −4 position. An acidic residue (in this case Asp) at the +1 position, which is seen in all known proinsulins, is maintained. The corresponding genomic DNA fragment of elephantfish proinsulin was also amplified by PCR, revealing a 402-bp intron at the conserved IVS-2 position within the C7 codon. |
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