title: Identification of the human ERK gene as a putative receptor tyrosine kinase and its chromosomal localization to 1p36.1: a comparative mapping of human, mouse, and rat chromosomes.
abstract: From a newly determined cDNA sequence of the human ERK gene, a highly hydrophobic portion was identified upstream of the putative tyrosine kinase domain. This is the first evidence that the ERK protein possesses a receptor-like membrane-spanning structure. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of R-banded metaphase chromosomes revealed that the ERK gene is located in chromosome region 1p36.1. This locus is near the frequent translocation breakpoint or deletion region of neuroblastoma and some other cancers. A comparative mapping study of the mouse and rat homologues indicated that each counterpart maps to the mouse chromosome 4D2.2-D3 and rat chromosome 5q36.13 regions, both of which have conserved linkage homology to human chromosome 1p.
authors.affiliation: Division of Genetics, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hori
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats / Q000235:genetics*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D036143:Receptor, EphA8; D036183:Receptor, EphB2; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D036143:Receptor, EphA8; D036183:Receptor, EphB2