title: Nucleotide sequence analysis of H-2Df and the spontaneous in vivo H-2Dfm2 mutation.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the standard H-2Df allele and the spontaneous in vivo H-2Dfm2 mutation are reported here. Locus-specific sequences in the 5' and 3' untranslated regions of the mouse MHC class I H-2D-region genes were used to design primers for the specific amplification and cloning of H-2D-region cDNA from standard B10.M/Sn H-2f and mutant B10.M-H-2fm2/Mob mice. A partial Df genomic clone and direct Df and Dfm2 mRNA sequence analysis confirmed the authenticity of the cDNA clones. Interestingly, H-2Df contains a proline in the alpha-helix of the alpha 1 domain at amino acid position 62; no other known class I molecule has a proline at this position. The H-2Dfm2 mutation, however, replaces this unique proline in Df with the H-2 and HLA consensus arginine at position 62. Although a point mutation cannot be ruled out, the single nucleotide change in the H-2Dfm2 mutation is flanked by a stretch of 47 nucleotide bases with an identical counterpart in H-2Kf, a finding consistent with a recombinatorial event between H-2Kf and H-2Df.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Pease
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martinko
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005805:Genes, MHC Class I; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006183:H-2 Antigens; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D012333:RNA, Messenger