title: Cloning and sequence analysis of a partial cDNA for chicken cartilage proteoglycan core protein.
abstract: A chicken embryo sternal cartilage cDNA library, created in the plasmid expression vector pUC9, was screened for sequences coding for immunologically detectable core protein of the large, major proteoglycan of cartilage. A 1229-base-pair cDNA clone was isolated that contained only one extended open reading frame, which had sequences coding for a polypeptide of 379 amino acid residues. These deduced sequences corresponded to those anticipated from current models of proteoglycan structure; a deduced sequence encompassing 21 amino acids was almost identical to a known sequence of bovine nasal cartilage proteoglycan. Significant homology was found between the deduced amino acid sequence of the proteoglycan and two regions of a chicken hepatic lectin. Immunoprecipitation of the products of cell-free translation yielded a component of about 340 kDa, and transfer blot hybridization of sternal cartilage RNA showed a single mRNA of about 8.1 kilobases. Hybridizable mRNA sequences were readily detectable by dot-blot analyses of the cytoplasm of cartilaginous tissues of the chicken embryo, whereas similar analyses of prechondrogenic limb mesenchymal cells did not demonstrate such hybridizable mRNA signals.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kosher
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tanzer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002356:Cartilage / Q000032:analysis / Q000196:embryology; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D011509:Proteoglycans; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA