title: Sequence and mapping of galectin-5, a beta-galactoside-binding lectin, found in rat erythrocytes.
abstract: A monomeric rat beta-galactoside-binding lectin previously purified from extracts of rat lung has been localized to erythrocytes, and the cDNA encoding it has been isolated from a rat reticulocyte cDNA library. The deduced amino acid sequence of the cDNA predicts a protein with a M(r) of 16,199, with no evidence of a signal peptide. The deduced sequence is identical to the sequences of seven proteolytic peptides derived from the purified lectin. Peptide analysis by mass spectrometry indicates that the N-terminal methionine is cleaved and that serine 2 is acetylated. The lectin shares all the strictly conserved amino acid residues of other members of the mammalian galectin family and is designated galectin-5 (GenBank accession number L36862). Galectin-5 is a weak agglutinin of rat erythrocytes, despite its monomeric structure. The gene encoding galectin-5 (LGALS5) has been mapped in mouse to chromosome 11, approximately 50 centimorgans from the centromere and 1.8 +/- 1.8 centimorgans from the polymorphic marker D11Mit34n, a region syntenic with human chromosome 17q11.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0984.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gitt
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Wiser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leffler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: Y R
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Massa
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lusis
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Barondes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D037161:Galectins; D037102:Lectins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008322:Mammals; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D037161:Galectins; D037102:Lectins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C092501:galectin 5