title: Nucleotide sequence of cDNA encoding ZP3 alpha, a sperm-binding glycoprotein from zona pellucida of pig oocyte.
abstract: We isolated a cDNA encoding the pig oocyte zona pellucida protein ZP3 alpha from a pig ovary lambda gt11 cDNA library. The 1699 bp cDNA contains a short 3' untranslated region characteristic of cDNAs encoding zona proteins. The deduced amino acid sequence for ZP3 alpha consists of 536 amino acid residues and shares 66% overall identity with a 55 kDa rabbit zona protein. Important features of the ZP3 alpha polypeptide include a predicted N-terminal signal sequence, twenty-two cysteine residues, an O-glycosylated domain and potential attachment sites for five N-linked sugar chains. A multibasic tetrapeptide occurs upstream of a predicted C-terminal transmembrane sequence; this suggests proteolytic processing of an integral membrane precursor within the constitutive secretory pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Detroit, MI 48201.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Yurewicz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hibler
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Fontenot
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D004527:Egg Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine; D015044:Zona Pellucida / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072216:Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins
chemical_list: D004527:Egg Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C000606517:ZP3 protein, human; C082833:ZP4 protein, human; D000072216:Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins; D004247:DNA