title: Recombinant 47-kilodalton cytosol factor restores NADPH oxidase in chronic granulomatous disease.
abstract: A 47-kilodalton neutrophil cytosol factor (NCF-47k), required for activation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase superoxide (O2-.) production, is absent in most patients with autosomal recessive chronic granulomatous disease (AR-CGD). NCF-47k cDNAs were cloned from an expression library. The largest clone predicted a 41.9-kD protein that contained an arginine and serine-rich COOH-terminal domain with potential protein kinase C phosphorylation sites. A 33-amino acid segment of NCF-47k shared 49% identity with ras p21 guanosine triphosphatase activating protein. Recombinant NCF-47k restored O2-. -producing activity to AR-CGD neutrophil cytosol in a cell-free assay. Production of active recombinant NCF-47k will enable functional regions of this molecule to be mapped.
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Diseases Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lomax
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Leto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nunoi
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Gallin
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Malech
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013481:Superoxides; D004247:DNA; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C060505:neutrophil cytosolic factor 1