title: The human glioma pathogenesis-related protein is structurally related to plant pathogenesis-related proteins and its gene is expressed specifically in brain tumors.
abstract: We report the cloning of a cDNA encoding GliPR (glioma pathogenesis-related protein), a protein that is structurally similar to plant pathogenesis-related proteins. The GLIPR gene is highly expressed in the human brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme/astrocytoma, but neither in normal fetal or adult brain tissue, nor in other nervous system tumors. GliPR shares up to 50% amino acid (aa) homology with plant pathogenesis-related proteins, group 1, over a region that comprises almost two thirds of the protein. We speculate that there may be functional similarities between the human and plant proteins as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurologic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biggs
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001254:Astrocytoma; D001483:Base Sequence; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C094538:GLIPR1 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; C053376:pathogenesis-related proteins, plant