title: A high-mobility-group protein and its cDNAs from Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: We have identified, purified, and characterized a high-mobility-group (HMG) protein and its cDNAs from Drosophila melanogaster. This protein, HMG D, shares most of the characteristics of vertebrate HMG proteins; it is extractable from nuclei with 0.35 M NaCl, is soluble in 5% perchloric acid, is relatively small (molecular weight of 12,000), has both a high basic (24%) and high acidic (24%) amino acid content, and is a DNA-binding protein. HMG D exhibits characteristics of both the vertebrate HMG 1 and 2 class and the HMG 14 and 17 class of proteins. Its amino acid sequence is similar (36% amino acid identity) to that of HMG1, while its size and selective extraction with ethidium bromide are similar to properties of the HMG 14 and 17 class of proteins. HMG D is encoded by a single-copy gene that maps to 57F8-11 on the right arm of chromosome 2. Two transcripts are observed during embryogenesis; the protein is relatively stable throughout development. By the biochemical criteria of size, solubility, and amino acid content, HMG D appears to be the major HMG protein of D. melanogaster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamana
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Elgin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002417:Cattle; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000502:physiology; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA