title: Cloning of the murine cDNA encoding VDJP, a protein homologous to the large subunit of replication factor C and bacterial DNA ligases.
abstract: A putative full-length 1.7-kb cDNA, encoding a murine protein that specifically binds to the nonamer portion of the V(D)J recombinational signal sequence (RSS) element, has been cloned. By its sequence analysis, this cDNA is identical to a portion of the 4.5-kb murine replication factor C large-subunit-encoding cDNA. By Northern blot analysis, the 1.7-kb mRNA species is observed in murine immature B cells but not in non-lymphoid cells and tissues, while the 4.5-kb replication factor C-encoding cDNA is expressed in all cell types. The deduced VDJP amino-acid sequence includes a region of homology with bacterial DNA ligases at the C terminus of each of the proteins. VDJP has been synthesized as a fusion protein in bacteria, and the purified protein has been previously shown to mediate the joining of DNA fragments in a V(D)J RSS-dependent fashion (Guilliams et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 202 (1994) 1134-1141).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Halligan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Guilliams
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Nauert
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Halligan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D011088:DNA Ligases / Q000235:genetics*; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D004261:DNA Replication; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D051379:Mice; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051818:Replication Protein C; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D045567:VDJ Recombinases
chemical_list: C096816:BCL2-related protein A1; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; C096063:MATA1 protein, S cerevisiae; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D045567:VDJ Recombinases; D051818:Replication Protein C; D011088:DNA Ligases