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  • Title: Cystine-rich fish antifreeze is produced as an active proprotein precursor in fall armyworm cells.
    Author: Duncker BP, Gauthier SY, Davies PL.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1994 Sep 30; 203(3):1851-7. PubMed ID: 7945337.
    Abstract:
    Recombinant cystine-rich fish antifreeze protein (AFP) was produced by fall armyworm cells from a baculovirus expression vector containing sea raven AFP cDNA. The natural signal sequence encoded in the cDNA directed secretion of the antifreeze into the medium, from where it was recovered and purified to homogeneity. The M(r) of the exported protein (16k), as determined by SDS-PAGE, was larger than that (14k) of mature AFP isolated from sea raven serum. Sequencing of the recombinant AFP showed that it had a 17-amino-acid extension N-terminal to the 129-amino-acid mature AFP that began where signal peptide cleavage should occur according to current algorithms. Recombinant proAFP had antifreeze activity equivalent to that of the mature AFP, which indicates that the disulfide bonds were correctly formed and that the ice-binding site on the antifreeze is not sterically hindered by the 17-amino-acid N-terminal extension.
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