title: Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the cDNA encoding human apolipoprotein H (beta 2-glycoprotein I).
abstract: Apolipoprotein H, also known as beta-2-glycoprotein I, was purified from human serum, and antiserum produced to denatured apolipoprotein H detected a cDNA clone from a lambda gt11 library derived from human liver. This cDNA coded for the complete sequence of the mature protein. The cDNA insert, along with a polymerase chain reaction product which extended the 5' end of the message, were subcloned and both strands were sequenced. The apolipoprotein H precursor was found to code for 345 amino acids, 326 of which appear in the mature protein. The deduced amino acid sequence of human apolipoprotein H differs from its rat homologue by the presence of a 48-amino acid stretch which is absent from the rat protein. The remainder of the proteins share a greater than 80% similarity. The amino acid sequence of apolipoprotein H consists largely of repeated units approximately 60 amino acids in length. These repeats are comparable to "sushi structures" found in a large number of diverse proteins, including complement components, receptors and regulators of complement activation, serum proteins, membrane-associated adhesion proteins, and other structural and catalytic proteins. Apolipoprotein H was shown to be transcribed by human hepatoma cell lines Hep 3B and Hep G2, and rat liver by detection of mRNA using northern blot analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98103.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lofton-Day
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Berkaw
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arnaud
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D053482:beta 2-Glycoprotein I
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D053482:beta 2-Glycoprotein I; D004247:DNA