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An Integrated Approach for Microprotein Identification and Sequence Analysis
Published on: July 12, 2022
cDNA and deduced amino acid sequences of ferret preproendothelin-2 and phylogenetic analysis
Tsuyoshi Uchide1, Yuki Fujimori, Takushi Sasaki
1Department of Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, 35-1, Higashi 23-bancho, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan. uchide@vmas.kitasato-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Ferret preproendothelin-2 (PPET2) cDNA was cloned from intestinal tissue by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in conjunction with 5'- and 3'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The cDNA comprises 1230 bp, excluding the poly(A) tail, and has 534 bp of open reading frame encoding a putative polypeptide of 178 residues, in which a 21-amino acid mature endothelin-2 (ET2) peptide as well as a 24-amino acid putative signal peptide and a 16-amino acid ET2-like peptide were found. The homology of the full-length cDNA sequence of ferret with those of horse, human, mouse, or rat was 75.6, 71.6, 65.4 or 65.1%, respectively, and the homology of the coding region was 85.1, 81.6, 78.1 or 75.3%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis among ferret, horse, human, mouse, rat and dog showed that ferret has a closer relationship to dog than to the other mammals.
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