title: Molecular cloning and DNA sequence analysis of cDNA encoding chicken homologue of the Bcl-2 oncoprotein.
abstract: We have isolated a 2228 bp cDNA clone encoding a chicken homologue of the human Bcl-2 oncoprotein by low-stringency hybridization screening of a lambda gt10 cDNA library derived from a chicken B-cell lymphoma. DNA sequence analysis of this cDNA revealed an open reading frame predicting a polypeptide of 232 amino acids and an M(r) of 25,839. The predicted protein is highly homologous to the human (73%) and mouse (70%) Bcl-2 proteins, and contains a hydrophobic stretch of amino acids within its carboxyl-end (213-229) consistent with an integral membrane protein. Areas of very high sequence homology shared by all three Bcl-2 proteins at the NH2-terminus (amino acids 1-33) and within the last 150 amino acids of these proteins suggest the presence of at least two evolutionarily conserved domains within the family of Bcl-2 proteins that may be important either for their targeting to mitochondria or their ability to block programmed cell death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cazals-Hatem
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D004247:DNA; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases