Patent ID: 6262232
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: C12N,C12Y

Abstract:
An isolated prepro-C-terminal .alpha.-amidating enzyme of the amino acid sequence (I):A-Ser Leu Ser Asn Asp Cys Leu Gly Thr Thr Arg Pro Val Met Ser Pro Gly Ser Ser Asp Thr Thr Leu Asp Ile Arg Met Pro Gly Val Thr Pro Thr Glu Ser Asp Thr Tyr Leu Cys Lys Ser Thr Arg Leu Pro Val Asp Asp Glu Ala Tyr Val Val Asp Phe Arg Pro His Ala Asn Met Asp Thr Ala His His Met Leu Leu Phe Gly Cys Asn Ile Pro Ser Ser Thr Asp Asp Tyr Trp Asp Cys Ser Ala Gly Thr Cys Met Asp Lys Ser Ser Ile Met Tyr Ala Trp Ala Lys Asn Ala Pro Pro Thr Lys Leu Pro Glu Gly Val Gly Phe Arg Val Gly Gly Lys Ser Gly Ser Arg Tyr Phe Val Leu Gln Val His Tyr Gly Asn Val Lys Ala Phe Gln Asp Lys His Lys Asp Cys Thr Gly Val Thr Val Arg Val Thr Pro Glu Lys Gln Pro Gln Ile Ala Gly Ile Tyr Leu Ser Met Ser Val Asp Thr Val Ile Pro Pro Gly Glu Glu Ala Val Asn Ser Asp Ile Ala Cys Leu Tyr Asn Arg Pro Thr Ile His Pro Phe Ala Tyr Arg Val His Thr His Gln Leu Gly Gln Val Val Ser Gly Phe Arg Val Arg His Gly Lys Trp Ser Leu Ile Gly Arg Gln Ser Pro Gln Leu Pro Gln Ala Phe Tyr Pro Val Glu His Pro Val Glu Ile Ser Pro Gly Asp Ile Ile Ala Thr Arg Cys Leu Phe Thr Gly Lys Gly Arg Thr Ser Ala Thr Tyr Ile Gly Gly Thr Ser Asn Asp Glu Met Cys Asn Leu Tyr Ile Met Tyr Tyr Met Asp Ala Ala His Ala Thr Ser Tyr Met Thr Cys Val Gln Thr Gly Glu Pro Lys Leu Phe Gln Asn Ile Pro Glu Ile Ala Asn Val Pro Ile Pro Val Ser Pro Asp Met Met Met Met Met Gly His Gly His His His Thr Glu Ala Glu Pro Glu Lys Asn Thr Gly Leu Gln Gln Pro Lys-Bwherein A represents the following amino acid sequence (II):Met Ala Ser Leu Ser Ser Ser Phe Leu Val Leu Phe Leu Leu Phe Gln Asn Ser Cys Tyr Cys Phe Arg Ser Pro Leu Ser Val Phe Lys Arg Tyr Glu Glu Ser Thr Arg,and B represents the following amino acid sequence (III):Arg Glu Glu Glu Glu Val Leu Asp Gln Gly Leu Ile Thr Leu Gly Asp Ser Ala Val.