title: Molecular cloning and expression of a novel human gene that is highly homologous to human FK506-binding protein 12kDa (hFKBP-12) and characterization of two alternatively spliced transcripts.
abstract: We isolated a novel gene encoding a protein highly homologous to human FK506-binding protein 12kDa (hFKBP-12) from a human fetal brain cDNA library and determined the full-length cDNA sequence. The cDNA clone contained the open reading frame of 324 nucleotides encoding 108 amino acid and revealed 76% identity in DNA sequence and 88% identity in predicted amino acid sequence with hFKBP-12. The DNA and amino-acid sequence of this gene, designated OTK4, also had homology with other FKBPs in species ranging from humans to prokaryotes. Recombinant protein, produced in E.coli transformed by a pGEX2T expression vector containing the OTK4 cDNA and purified, showed peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity like other FKBP proteins. An alternatively spliced form of the transcript found in the cDNA library contained a 45-bp insertion which included a stop codon. Although the biological function of the truncated version of OTK4 is unknown, both transcripts were ubiquitously expressed in human tissues examined by the reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000378:metabolism*; D022021:Tacrolimus Binding Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases; D022021:Tacrolimus Binding Proteins; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D016559:Tacrolimus