title: Cloning and nucleotide sequence of a full-length cDNA for human 14 kDa beta-galactoside-binding lectin.
abstract: A full-length cDNA for a 14K-type human lung beta-galactoside-binding lectin was cloned. The cDNA includes a 405 bp open reading frame coding 135 amino acids including the initiator methionine, and having a single internal EcoRI site and a polyadenylation signal. The deduced amino-acid sequence agreed completely with the sequence of a human placenta lectin determined by direct amino-acid sequence analysis (Hirabayashi, J. and Kasai, K. (1988) J. Biochem. 104, 1-4). It showed extensive sequence similarity with other vertebrate 14K-type lectins and a 35K-type lectin (carbohydrate-binding protein 35) of mouse 3T3 cell. Search of a Genbank sequence data base revealed significant sequence similarity between the beta-galactoside-binding lectins and the carboxyl-terminal half of an IgE-binding protein, the cDNA of which has been cloned from rat basophilic leukemia cells. Thus, 14K-type lectin, 35K-type lectin and IgE-binding protein appeared to form a superfamily of proteins. Almost all invariant residues are located in the central region of the 14K-type lectins, so this region may constitute an essential part of the lectins, such as the sugar-binding domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayaki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soma
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D005697:Galactosides / Q000378:metabolism; D037161:Galectins; D005796:Genes; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003062:Codon; D005697:Galactosides; D037161:Galectins; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D004247:DNA