title: Molecular cloning of rodent p72Syk. Evidence of alternative mRNA splicing.
abstract: Northern blot analysis of polyadenylated RNA prepared from RBL-2H3 cells revealed the presence of three distinct mRNAs encoding p72Syk, a protein-tyrosine kinase previously shown to be associated with the high affinity IgE receptor present on the surface of these cells (Hutchcroft, J. E., Geahlen, R. L., Deanin, G. G., and Oliver, J. M. (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89, 9107-9111). Here we report the full-length nucleotide sequence of two of these messages, as well as the complete predicted amino acid sequence of the rodent p72Syk protein-tyrosine kinase. In addition, we report evidence indicating alternative splicing of p72Syk mRNAs within RBL-2H3 cells. This splicing event results in the expression of two distinct protein isoforms that differ with respect to the presence of a 23-amino acid insert located within the region of the protein that separates the two SH2 domains from the catalytic domain. Both mRNAs arising from this splicing event appear to encode functional protein-tyrosine kinases, as expression of the corresponding cDNAs in COS cells results in the production of proteins of the expected sizes that possess intrinsic tyrosine specific kinase activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-4000, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Rowley
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bolen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fargnoli
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D016678:Genome; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000072377:Syk Kinase; C000606898:Syk protein, rat; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase