title: Human thrombomodulin: complete cDNA sequence and chromosome localization of the gene.
abstract: A human umbilical vein endothelial cell cDNA library in lambda gt11 was screened for expression of thrombomodulin antigens with affinity-purified rabbit polyclonal anti-thrombomodulin immunoglobulin G (IgG) and mouse monoclonal anti-human thrombomodulin IgG. Among 7 million recombinant clones screened, 12 were recognized by both antibodies. Two of these, lambda HTm10 and lambda HTm12, were shown to encode thrombomodulin by comparison of the amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence to the amino acid sequence determined directly from tryptic peptides of thrombomodulin. Thrombomodulin mRNA was estimated to be 3.7 kilobases in length by Northern blot analysis of endothelial cell and placental poly(A)+ RNA. Thrombomodulin mRNA was not detected in human brain, HepG2 hepatoma cells, or the monocytic U937 cell line. Additional cDNA clones were selected by hybridization with the 1.2-kilobase insert of lambda HTm10. One isolate, lambda HTm15, contained a 3693 base pair cDNA insert with an apparent 5'-noncoding region of 146 base pairs, an open reading frame of 1725 base pairs, a stop codon, a 3'-noncoding region of 1779 base pairs, and a poly(A) tail of 40 base pairs. The cDNA sequence encodes a 60.3-kDa protein of 575 amino acids. The predicted protein sequence includes a signal peptide of approximately 21 amino acids, an amino-terminal ligand-binding domain of approximately 223 amino acids, an epidermal growth factor (EGF) homology region of 236 amino acids, a serine/threonine-rich segment of 34 amino acids, a membrane-spanning domain of 23 amino acids, and a cytoplasmic tail of 38 amino acids. The EGF-homology region consists of six tandemly repeated EGF-like domains.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Dittman
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Deaven
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Majerus
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sadler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002890:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D018179:Receptors, Thrombin; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014357:Trypsin; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018179:Receptors, Thrombin; D004247:DNA; D014357:Trypsin