title: Primary structure of the Drosophila laminin B2 chain and comparison with human, mouse, and Drosophila laminin B1 and B2 chains.
abstract: Laminin, a major component of basement membranes, is a large glycoprotein consisting of three disulfide-bonded subunits, A, B1, and B2. We have isolated and sequenced a Drosophila laminin B2 chain cDNA clone that spans 5737 nucleotides. The deduced amino acid sequence predicts that the mature and nonglycosylated polypeptide has a chain length of 1606 residues (Mr = 178,665). This B2 chain contains 100 half-cystine residues, most of which are located in two cysteine-rich domains, and 11 N-X-S or N-X-T sequences which are potential sites of N-linked glycosylation. The predicted secondary structure reveals the presence of six structurally distinct domains, of which two are mainly alpha-helical, two are cysteine-rich with homologous repeats, and two are globular regions. The Drosophila B2 chain is 40.3 and 41.1% identical to the human and mouse B2 chains, respectively, and 29.6, 30.0, and 29.4% identical to the Drosophila, human, and mouse B1 chains, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Hui
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004330:Drosophila; D006801:Humans; D007797:Laminin / Q000032:analysis*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: D007797:Laminin; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D004247:DNA