The major form of the murine asialoglycoprotein receptor: cDNA sequence and expression in liver, testis and epididymis.
Northern blot analysis of poly(A)+RNAs isolated from mouse liver or mouse testis (Te)/epididymis (Ep) reveals that both tissues express 1.5- and 7.5-kb transcripts which have extensive homology to the major form of the rat asialoglyco-protein receptor (ASGP-R). In situ hybridization studies have localized the expression of this ASGP-R-like transcript to late-stage sperm from Te and Ep of several different strains of mice. Swiss Webster mice express this ASGP-R-like transcript in late-stage spermatids at the time of release into the seminiferous tubule and in Ep sperm, while Balb/C, NIH Swiss and C57Bl/6 mice express this ASGP-R-like transcript predominantly in Ep sperm. cDNAs containing the entire coding region for this ASGP-R-like transcript have been cloned from mouse liver and mouse Te/Ep. These cDNAs are 100% identical in the coding region and 3'-untranslated region (UTR), but differ in the 5'-UTR. The gene encoding these cDNAs is called MHL-1, designating the major form of the mouse ASGP-R. The deduced amino acid (aa) sequence of MHL-1 shares 88% homology to the rat hepatic (He) lectin form 1 (RHL-1) and 78% homology to the human asialoglycoprotein receptor form 1 (H1). The three sites for N-linked glycosylation in the RHL-1 sequence are all conserved in the deduced MHL-1 sequence. Taken collectively, these data describe the cloning and sequencing of the MHL-1 cDNA and illustrate its deduced aa homology to RHL-1 and H1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D037263:Asialoglycoprotein Receptor; D001212:Asialoglycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004822:Epididymis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism*
D037263:Asialoglycoprotein Receptor; D001212:Asialoglycoproteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface