title: Derivation of the sequence of the signal peptide in human C4b-binding protein and interspecies cross-hybridisation of the C4bp cDNA sequence.
abstract: A 5' cDNA clone coding for human C4b-binding protein (C4bp) was isolated, characterised and sequenced to complete the cDNA sequence coding for residues 1-32 thus confirming the protein sequence data of Chung et al. [(1985) Biochem. J. 230, 133-141]. The sequence extended to allow derivation of the putative leader peptide sequence which was 32 residues in length and showed a high of hydrophobicity typical of other documented leader sequences. Cross hybridisation was detected between the human C4bp cDNA probes and genomic DNA isolated from various species on Southern blots suggesting that genomic sequence homologous to that coding for C4bp has been conserved during evolution.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England.
authors: S J
authors: SJ
authors: Lintin
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Lewin
authors: K B
authors: KB
authors: Reid
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003181:Complement C4; D003169:Complement Inactivator Proteins; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics*; D011951:Receptors, Complement; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003181:Complement C4; D003169:Complement Inactivator Proteins; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D006023:Glycoproteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011951:Receptors, Complement; D004247:DNA