TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolation and sequence of a novel human chondrocyte protein related to mammalian members of the chitinase protein family
AU - Hu, Bo
AU - Trinh, Kien
AU - Figueira, William F.
AU - Price, Paul A.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - We describe the isolation of a novel protein from the conditioned medium of human articular cartilage chondrocytes in primary culture. This 39-kDa protein has the N-terminal sequence YKL, which we have termed YKL. 39. The 1434-nucleotide sequence of the YKL-39 cDNA predicts a 385-residue initial translation product and a 364-residue mature YKL-39. The amino acid sequence of YKL-39 is most closely related to YKL-40, followed by macrophage chitotriosidase, oviductal glycoprotein, and macrophage YM-1. All five proteins share significant sequence identity with bacterial chitinases and have the probable structure of an (αβ)8 barrel. YKL-39 lacks the active site glutamate, which is essential for the activity of chitinases, and as expected has no chitinase activity. The highest level of YKL-39 mRNA expression is seen in chondrocytes, followed by synoviocytes, lung, and heart. YKL-39 accounts for 4% of the protein in chondrocyte-conditioned medium, prostromelysin accounts for 17%, and YKL-40 accounts for 33%. In contrast to YKL-40, YKL-39 is not a glycoprotein and does not bind to heparin.
AB - We describe the isolation of a novel protein from the conditioned medium of human articular cartilage chondrocytes in primary culture. This 39-kDa protein has the N-terminal sequence YKL, which we have termed YKL. 39. The 1434-nucleotide sequence of the YKL-39 cDNA predicts a 385-residue initial translation product and a 364-residue mature YKL-39. The amino acid sequence of YKL-39 is most closely related to YKL-40, followed by macrophage chitotriosidase, oviductal glycoprotein, and macrophage YM-1. All five proteins share significant sequence identity with bacterial chitinases and have the probable structure of an (αβ)8 barrel. YKL-39 lacks the active site glutamate, which is essential for the activity of chitinases, and as expected has no chitinase activity. The highest level of YKL-39 mRNA expression is seen in chondrocytes, followed by synoviocytes, lung, and heart. YKL-39 accounts for 4% of the protein in chondrocyte-conditioned medium, prostromelysin accounts for 17%, and YKL-40 accounts for 33%. In contrast to YKL-40, YKL-39 is not a glycoprotein and does not bind to heparin.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.271.32.19415
DO - 10.1074/jbc.271.32.19415
M3 - Article
C2 - 8702629
AN - SCOPUS:0029765534
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 271
SP - 19415
EP - 19420
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 32
ER -