title: Human lysosomal acid phosphatase: cloning, expression and chromosomal assignment.
abstract: A 2112-bp cDNA clone (lambda CT29) encoding the entire sequence of the human lysosomal acid phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2) was isolated from a lambda gt11 human placenta cDNA library. The cDNA hybridized with a 2.3-kb mRNA from human liver and HL-60 promyelocytes. The gene for lysosomal acid phosphatase was localized to human chromosome 11. The cDNA includes a 12-bp 5' non-coding region, an open reading frame of 1269 bp and an 831-bp 3' non-coding region with a putative polyadenylation signal 25 bp upstream of a 3' poly(A) tract. The deduced amino acid sequence reveals a putative signal sequence of 30 amino acids followed by a sequence of 393 amino acids that contains eight potential glycosylation sites and a hydrophobic region, which could function as a transmembrane domain. A 60% homology between the known 23 N-terminal amino acid residues of human prostatic acid phosphatase and the N-terminal sequence of lysosomal acid phosphatase suggests an evolutionary link between these two phosphatases. Insertion of the cDNA into the expression vector pSVL yielded a construct that encoded enzymatically active acid phosphatase in transfected monkey COS cells.
authors.affiliation: Biochemie II, Universität Göttingen, FRG.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pohlmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krentler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lorkowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Culley
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mersmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Geier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waheed
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010920:Placenta / Q000201:enzymology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D000135:Acid Phosphatase