Sikorav J L, Krejci E, Massoulié J
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.
EMBO J. 1987 Jul;6(7):1865-73. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb02445.x.
cDNA clones coding for a catalytic subunit of acetylcholinesterase were isolated from cDNA libraries constructed from Torpedo marmorata electric organ. The nucleotide sequence of the cloned cDNAs codes for a 599-amino acid precursor containing a 24-amino acid signal peptide. This primary structure has been compared with the sequences of Torpedo californica and Drosophila melanogasta acetylcholinesterases, and with that of human butyrylcholinesterase. Genomic blot experiments carried out with cDNA restriction fragments used as hybridization probes are in agreement with the existence of a single gene coding for the different catalytic subunits of Torpedo acetylcholinesterase. Unexpectedly, we observed multiple 5'-untranslated regions, which may contain several initiation codons.
从电鳐(Torpedo marmorata)电器官构建的cDNA文库中分离出编码乙酰胆碱酯酶催化亚基的cDNA克隆。克隆的cDNA的核苷酸序列编码一个含有24个氨基酸信号肽的599个氨基酸的前体。该一级结构已与加州电鳐(Torpedo californica)和黑腹果蝇(Drosophila melanogasta)乙酰胆碱酯酶的序列以及人丁酰胆碱酯酶的序列进行了比较。用cDNA限制性片段作为杂交探针进行的基因组印迹实验与存在一个编码电鳐乙酰胆碱酯酶不同催化亚基的单一基因的情况一致。出乎意料的是,我们观察到多个5'-非翻译区,其可能包含几个起始密码子。