title: Prostatic steroid-binding protein. Isolation and characterization of C3 genes.
abstract: Prostatic steroid-binding protein, whose expression is stimulated by androgens, consists of two subunits, one containing the polypeptides C1 and C3 and the other containing the polypeptides C2 and C3. We have isolated and sequenced cDNA clones specific for C3 mRNA and used them to isolate and characterize genomic clones for two C3 genes. Both genes are 3.2 kilobases with identical exon/intron arrangements, which is similar to the organization of the C1 and C2 genes, suggesting that they may have arisen by duplications of an ancestral gene. Finally, homologous human genes have not been detected.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000727:Androgen-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000378:metabolism; D005796:Genes; D008297:Male; D049488:Phosphatidylethanolamine Binding Protein; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism*; D060789:Prostatein; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D060765:Secretoglobins; D014598:Uteroglobin; D060788:Mammaglobin B
chemical_list: D000727:Androgen-Binding Protein; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D049488:Phosphatidylethanolamine Binding Protein; D060789:Prostatein; D060765:Secretoglobins; D014598:Uteroglobin; C511482:PEBP1 protein, human; C511484:Scgb1d2 protein, rat; C511483:Scgb1d4 protein, rat; C556468:Scgb2a1 protein, rat; D060788:Mammaglobin B