title: Structure and expression of two isoforms of the murine calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase regulatory subunit (calcineurin B).
abstract: Murine cDNAs representing distinct genes for the regulatory subunits of calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase (CaM-PrP) were cloned from a testis library, using probes prepared by PCR amplification of brain and testis mRNA. The cDNA sequence of the brain-specific isoform (beta 1) encodes a 170 amino acid protein (M(r) approximately 19.3 kDa), whereas that for the testis isoform (beta 2) contains 179 residues (M(r) approximately 20.7 kDa); these two sequences show approximately 80% amino acid identity. An oligonucleotide probe for the brain isoform hybridized to a single mRNA of 3.6 kilobases (kb) in many tissues, whereas using the beta 2 probe, two mRNAs of 1.8 and 0.8 kb were detected only in testis. The mRNA for the testis-specific isoform increases markedly during development, its pattern being virtually identical to that of mRNA for a testicular form of the catalytic subunit (alpha 3). These data are consistent with the biological co-regulation of catalytic and regulatory subunits of a testis-specific isoenzyme during germ cell maturation.
authors.affiliation: Section on Immunology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD 20852.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Kincaid
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D019703:Calcineurin; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013737:Testis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D019703:Calcineurin; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases