title: Isolation of a cDNA encoding a novel human FK506-binding protein homolog containing leucine zipper and tetratricopeptide repeat motifs.
abstract: Reduced-stringency PCR was used to isolate a cDNA encoding a novel human FK506-binding protein (FKBP) homolog. The encoded 38-kDa protein (FKBPr38) contains at its N-terminus a domain that is 33% identical to FKBP12. FKBPr38 is a member of a subclass of immunophilins, whose other members include FKBP52 and CyP40 (cyclophilin 40), that contain a three-unit tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR). In addition, FKBPr38 contains a consensus leucine-zipper repeat. The presence of the TPR domain and leucine zipper suggest that FKBPr38 may form homo-multimers or interact with other, as yet unidentified, proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wiederrecht
mesh_terms: D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D000081406:Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase F; D021983:Cyclophilins; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016350:Leucine Zippers / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000378:metabolism; D022021:Tacrolimus Binding Proteins
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000081406:Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase F; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases; D021983:Cyclophilins; D022021:Tacrolimus Binding Proteins; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D016559:Tacrolimus