Molecular cloning and sequence of the gene for p9Ka. A cultured myoepithelial cell protein with strong homology to S-100, a calcium-binding protein.
The gene for p9Ka, a protein of molecular weight 9000 that is expressed in cultured rat mammary myoepithelial cells, has been isolated from a normal rat genomic library in bacteriophage lambda, by its ability to hybridize to a cloned complementary DNA corresponding to p9Ka mRNA. The cloned rat genomic DNA fragment hybridized to translatable p9Ka mRNA. A nucleotide sequence of 2340 base-pairs of genomic DNA surrounding the p9Ka cDNA sequence has been obtained; the gene contains one intervening sequence of 675 nucleotides. The 3' end of the p9Ka mRNA has been identified on the gene sequence to be 13 nucleotides downstream from a poly(A) addition signal AATAAA. The gene contains an open reading frame of 101 amino acid residues, which is the only open reading frame in the entire gene long enough to encode a protein of molecular weight at least 9000. This hypothetical protein sequence shows greater than 40% homology to rat or bovine S-100 protein and over 30% homology to bovine intestinal calcium-binding protein. The results suggest that p9Ka may be related to a family of low molecular weight calcium-binding proteins.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, U.K.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D005796:Genes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D009418:S100 Proteins; D004247:DNA