title: Isolation and sequence of a cDNA clone for human calcineurin B, the Ca2+-binding subunit of the Ca2+/calmodulin-stimulated protein phosphatase.
abstract: We have identified and cloned human cDNA for the Ca2+-binding subunit of calcineurin, the brain isozyme of the Ca2+/calmodulin-stimulated protein phosphatase. The 2.5-kb cDNA has an open reading frame of 510 bp, a leader sequence of at least 500 bp, and a 1,277-bp 3'-noncoding sequence. The deduced sequence of the human protein differs from bovine brain calcineurin B by an additional valine at the carboxyl terminus and substitution of Met-11 and Ser-153 by cysteine. A partial clone of the mouse protein corresponding to amino acids 75-150 was also isolated. This portion of the human and mouse protein sequence is identical, with the DNA sequences showing 94% identity. The respective mRNAs in human and mouse are also of similar size. As was observed with protein levels, mRNA abundance in brain is 20-60 times that found in other tissues with the exception of HeLa cells which, like brain, contain abundant calcineurin B mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guerini
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Krinks
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sikela
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Klee
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019703:Calcineurin; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015342:DNA Probes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D015342:DNA Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019703:Calcineurin; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D002118:Calcium