title: Partial sequence of the rat heavy neurofilament polypeptide (NF-H). Identification of putative phosphorylation sites.
abstract: A 3 kb cDNA clone has previously been isolated in this laboratory corresponding to the rat heavy neurofilament polypeptide (NF-H). This clone, equivalent to approximately 70% of the total mRNA of the protein has been sequenced and shown to contain the carboxy-terminal region of the message. This contains 51 of the Lys-Ser-Pro repeat triplets which are reported to be the site of neurofilament phosphorylation. The sequence obtained was subsequently compared to those of mouse and human NF-H, showing a homology of approximately 85%. There is, however, one region which is variable between the species, this being the highly phosphorylated region of the protein containing the Lys-Ser-Pro triplet repeat.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins; D004247:DNA