title: Molecular cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding the membrane-associated rat intestinal alkaline phosphatase.
abstract: Rat intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) has been purified and proteolytic fragments sequenced. A cDNA library was constructed from duodenal poly(A) + RNA and screened for IAP positive clones by a full-length cDNA clone-encoding human IAP. A full length rat IAP clone (2237 bp) was isolated and sequenced, revealing a predicted primary sequence of 519 amino acids (61.974 kDa) with an additional signal peptide of 20 amino acids. 80% of amino acids from residues 1-474 were identical when compared with the human IAP, but there was only 31% identity in the COOH-terminal 45 amino acids. The homology diverges just before the putative binding site for the phosphatidylinositol-glycan (PI-glycan) anchor. The resulting peptide in rat AP contains five hydrophilic amino acids not present in the primary structure of human IAP. Binding of a synthetic 48-mer encoding a portion of this unique and divergent region (residues 476-491) was compared with that of the full-length clone on Northern blots of rat intestinal RNA. Two mRNAs, 3.0 and 2.7 kb, were detected by both probes, confirming earlier results, but the 48-mer bound preferentially to the 3.0 kb mRNA. The protein product of the full-length cDNA in a cell-free system was 62 kDa, corresponding with the smaller of the two IAP proteins produced by rat duodenal RNA. The cDNA transfected into COS-1 cells produced a membrane-bound IAP that was released by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase (PI-PLC). These data provide definitive evidence that IAP is anchored by PI-glycan and conclusively demonstrate that the unique COOH-terminal structure encoded by this rat mRNA supports the addition of a PI-glycan anchor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alpers
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seetharam
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Alpers
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011134:Polysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase