title: cDNA cloning of an alternatively spliced isoform of the regulatory subunit of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase (calcineurin B alpha 2).
abstract: A cDNA encoding the regulatory subunit of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin B (CNB), was isolated from a rat testis cDNA library. It differs from the cDNA obtained from a rat brain cDNA library by an addition of 138 base pairs in the coding region. The codon of the clone from a testis library corresponding to the initiation codon of the clone from a brain library is not ATG but AAG, 5'-noncoding regions of these cDNAs are also different. The addition in the coding region results in the gain of 46 amino acids at the N-terminus. These findings suggest that two distinct isoforms of CNB alpha are derived from the same gene through a process involving alternative utilization of two promoters. We designate the brain type isoform as CNB alpha 1 and the longer isoform as CNB alpha 2. Northern blot analysis and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) followed by Southern blot analysis suggest that CNB alpha 2 is specifically expressed in the testis, and its expression is developmentally regulated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D019703:Calcineurin; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C086040:calcineurin Balpha2; D019703:Calcineurin; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases