title: Visualisation by electron microscopy of the unique part of the cytoplasmic domain of a desmoglein, a cadherin-like protein of the desmosome type of cell junction.
abstract: Part of the cytoplasmic domain of a human desmoglein, Dsg1, a cadherin-like protein found in desmosomes of epithelial cells, has been visualised by electron microscopy. The cloned fragment contains five repeats of a 29 +/- 4 residue sequence unique to desmogleins, followed by a glycine-rich region. In rotary shadowed preparations the molecule consists of a globular head attached to a thin tail, the latter perhaps corresponding to the glycine-rich region. This portion of the molecule is thought to span the width of the inner dense plaque. The structure and dimensions concur well to the configuration deduced from the protein sequence.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rutman
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Buxton
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Burdett
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051183:Desmoglein 1; D051182:Desmogleins; D051180:Desmoplakins; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C495297:DSG1 protein, human; D051183:Desmoglein 1; D051182:Desmogleins; D051180:Desmoplakins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins