Chapdelaine P, Ho-Kim M A, Tremblay R R, Dubé J Y
Laboratory of Hormonal Bioregulation, Laval University Hospital Centre, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada.
FEBS Lett. 1988 May 9;232(1):187-92. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80414-9.
The nucleotide sequence of canine prostate arginine esterase mRNA was determined using a 400 bp cDNA clone and primer-extended cDNA transcripts for the 5'-coding and noncoding regions. The mRNA contains 864 nucleotides encoding a protein of 236 amino acids preceded by 24 amino acids which constitutes both the signal and the zymogen peptides. The sequence indicates the presence of one potential glycosylation site. A high degree of homology was found between the canine enzyme and other members of the kallikrein family including human prostate specific antigen. The protein appears to be specified by a single gene.
