title: Cloning and chromosomal localization of Drosophila cDNA encoding the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 1 alpha. High conservation between mammalian and insect sequences.
abstract: A 1.2-kb clone containing the full coding sequence of a protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit has been isolated from a Drosophila head cDNA library. It encodes a polypeptide of 302 amino acids with a molecular mass of 34.5 kDa. The predicted protein sequence is 92% identical (94% similar) to rabbit protein phosphatase 1 alpha (PP-1 alpha) demonstrating strict conservation of the phosphatase catalytic subunit over a considerable evolutionary distance. Abundant 1.6-kb and 2.5-kb mRNA transcripts were detected throughout Drosophila development. The clone hybridised to four sites on Drosophila salivary gland polytene chromosomes. The major site is at 87B6-12 on the right arm of chromosome 3. In addition, there are three secondary sites, one on the same chromosome at 96A2-5 and two on the X chromosome at 9C1-2 and 13C1-2. Isolation of a further cDNA clone, hybridising to 9C1-2 and encoding part of the catalytic subunit 88% similar to Drosophila PP-1 alpha, proves the existence of at least two transcriptionally active genes for protein phosphatase 1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Institute, The University, Dundee, Scotland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dombrádi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Axton
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Glover
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D011817:Rabbits / Q000235:genetics; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000201:enzymology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D004247:DNA; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1