title: Cloning and expression of a widely expressed receptor tyrosine phosphatase.
abstract: We describe the identification of a widely expressed receptor-type (transmembrane) protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase; EC 3.1.3.48). Screening of a mouse brain cDNA library under low-stringency conditions with a probe encompassing the intracellular (phosphatase) domain of the CD45 lymphocyte antigen yielded cDNA clones coding for a 794-amino acid transmembrane protein [hereafter referred to as receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase alpha (R-PTP-alpha)] with an intracellular domain displaying clear homology to the catalytic domains of CD45 and LAR (45% and 53%, respectively). The 142-amino acid extracellular domain (including signal peptide) of R-PTP-alpha is marked by a high serine/threonine content (32%) as well as eight potential N-glycosylation sites but displays no similarity to known proteins. Genetic mapping assigns the gene for R-PTP-alpha to mouse chromosome 2, closely linked to the Il-1a and Bmp-2a loci. The corresponding mRNA (3.0 kilobases) is expressed in most murine tissues and most abundantly expressed in brain and kidney. Antibodies against a synthetic peptide of R-PTP-alpha identified a 130-kDa protein in cells transfected with the R-PTP-alpha cDNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sap
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: D'Eustachio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Givol
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlessinger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D005796:Genes; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics*; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D004247:DNA; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases