Cloning and expression of human liver rhodanese cDNA

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作者
Aita, N [1 ]
Ishii, K [1 ]
Akamatsu, Y [1 ]
Ogasawara, Y [1 ]
Tanabe, S [1 ]
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[1] MEIJI COLL PHARM,DEPT HYGIEN CHEM,TANASHI,TOKYO 188,JAPAN
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10.1006/bbrc.1996.6046
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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cDNA for the human rhodanese (thiosulfate; cyanide sulfurtransferase, EC 2.8.1.1) was cloned from a human fetal liver cDNA library, Sequencing of the cDNA revealed an open reading frame that encodes a 297-residue polypeptide with a calculated mass of 33427 daltons. When the rhodanese cDNA was transientlly expressed in Escherichia coli and Cos7 cells, the rhodanese activity increased 40-fold and 150-fold, respectively, Sequence homology analysis showed that the human rhodanese is 89.6% identical to bovine, 90.2% identical to rat, 91.2% identical to mouse and Chinese hamster, and 71.4% similar to avian counterparts, respectively, and that rhodanese was highly conserved across evolution. (C) 1997 Academic Press.
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