title: Molecular cloning and chromosomal localization of human membrane cofactor protein (MCP). Evidence for inclusion in the multigene family of complement-regulatory proteins.
abstract: Membrane cofactor protein (MCP), a regulatory molecular of the complement system with cofactor activity for the factor I-mediated inactivation of C3b and C4b, is widely distributed, being present on leukocytes, platelets, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, and fibroblasts. MCP was purified from a human T cell line (HSB2) and the NH2-terminal 24-amino acid sequence obtained by Edman degradation. An oligonucleotide probe based on this sequence was used to identify a clone from a human monocytic (U937) cDNA library. Nucleotide sequencing showed a 43-bp 5'-untranslated region, an open reading frame of 1,152 bp, and a 335-bp 3'-untranslated region followed by a 16-bp poly(A) track. The deduced full-length MCP protein consists of a 34-amino acid signal peptide and a 350-amino acid mature protein. The protein has, beginning at the NH2 terminus, four approximately 60-amino acid repeat units that match the consensus sequence found in a multigene family of complement regulatory proteins (C3b-receptor or CR1, C3d-receptor or CR2, decay-accelerating factor, C4-binding protein, and factor H), as well as several other complement and non-complement proteins. The remainder of the MCP protein consists of 25 amino acids that are rich in serine and threonine (probable site of heavy O-linked glycosylation of MCP), 17 amino acids of unknown significance, and a 23-amino acid transmembrane hydrophobic region followed by a 33-amino acid cytoplasmic tail. The MCP gene was localized to human chromosome 1, bands 1q31-41, by analysis of human x rodent somatic cell hybrid clones and by in situ hybridization. This same genetic region contains the multigene family of complement-regulatory proteins, which is thereby enlarged to include the functionally and structurally related MCP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lublin
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Liszewski
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Arce
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Le Beau
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Rebentisch
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Lemons
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seya
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Atkinson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015703:Antigens, CD; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003167:Complement Activation; D003165:Complement System Proteins; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051916:Membrane Cofactor Protein; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C497857:CD46 protein, human; D051916:Membrane Cofactor Protein; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D003165:Complement System Proteins; D004247:DNA