title: Cloning and genetic characterization of the human kinesin light-chain (KLC) gene.
abstract: We report the isolation, sequence, and identification of a cDNA encoding the human kinesin light-chain (KLC) protein. The cDNA molecule consisted of 276 nucleotides of 5' untranslated region, the complete coding sequence of 1,710 nucleotides, and 322 nucleotides of 3' untranslated region. It encoded a polypeptide of 569 amino acids and a deduced molecular mass of 64,789 daltons. The predicted secondary internal structure of the KLC molecule consisted of about 27 contiguous repeats, each of approximately 21 amino acid residues, and could be divided into three domains. The amino-terminal domain consisted of heptad repeats typical of the rod domain of several cytoskeletal proteins. The central and carboxy-terminal domains consist of 21-mer repeats. KLC mRNA was expressed in most tissues analyzed. The gene, which was expressed in bacteria and Chinese hamster ovary cells, was provisionally assigned to the long arm of human chromosome 14.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cabeza-Arvelaiz
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hardman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Asselbergs
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bilbe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Siciliano
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Lachman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000235:genetics*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016547:Kinesins