title: Complete cDNA sequence of a Dictyostelium ubiquitin with a carboxy-terminal tail and identification of the protein using an anti-peptide antibody.
abstract: The complete sequence of a Dictyostelium discoideum cDNA is presented that codes for monoubiquitin extended at its C-terminus by a 52 amino acid tail. The sequence of both the ubiquitin portion and the tail is highly homologous to the one of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and to a partial mouse sequence. The highly basic tail sequence contains a putative metal and nucleic acid-binding motif. The gene encoding the 0.6 kb mRNA of the C-terminally extended ubiquitin is represented only once in the haploid genome. The 0.6 kb mRNA as well as its translation product, a 15 kDa protein, is expressed in exponentially growing cells and remains present for at least 5 h of development. Using antibodies against a synthetic peptide that corresponds to the C-terminal amino acid sequence, a 15 kDa protein containing the extension a synthetic peptide that corresponds to the C-terminal amino acid sequence, a 15 kDa protein containing the extension was also detected in yeast.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried bei München, FRG.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Müller-Taubenberger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westphal
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noegel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerisch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000906:Antibodies; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D014452:Ubiquitins