title: Mouse gamma-casein cDNA: PCR cloning and sequence analysis.
abstract: A partial amino acid sequence of mouse gamma-casein was determined on a gas-phase amino acid sequencer. The N-terminal sequence (23 residues) was obtained using native gamma-casein, and the C-terminal sequence (13 residues) was determined with a corresponding peptide. The C-terminal peptide was isolated by affinity chromatography on an anhydrotrypsin agarose column after digestion of gamma-casein with Achromobacter lysyl-endopeptidase. A cDNA (507 base pairs) encoding the mature protein of gamma-casein was produced by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of lactating mammary gland first strand cDNA with oligonucleotide primers designed from the N-terminal (KHEIKDK-) and the C-terminal (-AHYTRFY) amino acid sequences. The full-length cDNA including 5'- and 3'-noncoding regions (920 base pairs) was cloned by the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) method of Frohman et al. Comparison of full-length cDNAs of mouse gamma-casein and rat gamma-casein showed 80% identity at the nucleotide level. The amino acids in the coding region of both gamma-caseins were 75% identical.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory, Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Enami
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002364:Caseins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D004247:DNA