title: The prosomal RNA-binding protein p27K is a member of the alpha-type human prosomal gene family.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies demonstrated high conservation during evolution of a prosomal protein of M(r) 27,000 and differentiation--specific expression of the epitope. More than 90% of the reacting antigen was found as a p27K protein in the free messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) fraction but another protein of M(r) 38,000, which shared protease fingerprint patterns with the p27K polypeptide, was also labelled in the nuclear and polyribosomal fractions. Sequencing of cDNA recombinant clones encoding the p27/38K protein and comparison with another prosomal protein, p30-33K, demonstrated the existence of a common characteristic sequence pattern containing three highly conserved segments. The genes Hs PROS-27 and Hs PROS-30 were mapped to chromosomes 14 (14q13) and 11 (11p15.1), respectively. The structure of the p27K protein shows multiple potential phosphorylation sites, an NTP-binding fold and an RNA-binding consensus sequence. The Hs PROS-27/beta-galactosidase fusion protein binds a single RNA of about 120 nucleotides from total HeLa cell RNA. Sequence comparisons show that the Hs PROS-27 and Hs PROS-30 genes belong to the gene family that encodes the prosome--MCP (multicatalytic proteinase)--proteasome proteins. Comparison with other members of the family from various species allowed us to show that the tripartite consensus sequence characteristic of the alpha-type sub-family is conserved from archeobacteria to man. The members of this gene family are characterised by very high evolutionary conservation of amino acid sequences of homologous genes and 20%-35% sequence similarity, between different family member within the same species and are clearly distinct from the beta-type family.
authors.affiliation: Institut Jacques Monod du CNRS, Université Paris 7, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bey
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Silva Pereira
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Coux
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Viegas-Péquignot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Recillas Targa
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Nothwang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dutrillaux
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scherrer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007763:Lac Operon; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; C026452:messenger ribonucleoprotein; D012313:RNA; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C465641:PSMA6 protein, human; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex