title: Isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone encoding avian skeletal muscle C-protein: an intracellular member of the immunoglobulin superfamily.
abstract: C-protein is a thick filament-associated protein located in the crossbridge region of vertebrate striated muscle A bands. Its function is unknown. To improve our understanding of its primary structure, we undertook the molecular cloning of C-protein mRNA. We describe the isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone, lambda C-86, that encodes approximately 80% of the fast isoform of C-protein in the chicken. Sequence analysis of the insert revealed that C-protein, although an intracellular, nonmembrane-associated protein, is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily. Like several cell surface adhesion molecules that belong to this superfamily, C-protein contains sequence motifs that resemble immunoglobulin domains and fibronectin type III repeats. Computer searches using the C-protein sequence also lead to the identification of related domains in chicken smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase that have not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Einheber
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fischman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015723:Gene Library; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D000099163:Myosin Binding Protein C
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004247:DNA; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000099163:Myosin Binding Protein C