title: Sequence of extracellular mouse protein BM-90/fibulin and its calcium-dependent binding to other basement-membrane ligands.
abstract: Partial sequence comparisons have recently indicated that two extracellular components, fibulin from human placenta and BM-90 from a basement-membrane-producing mouse tumor, are either identical or closely related proteins. In this study, a complete sequence analysis of mouse BM-90 cDNA showed a 539-residue N-terminal core structure (domains I and II), which was 85% identical with the same core structure of human fibulin. A 137-residue C-terminal sequence (domain III) was unique for BM-90 and could also be identified by Edman degradation. This suggested a novel splice product, variant D, which is characteristic for the mouse tumor. A second 117-residue C-terminal sequence (domain III) was identified in additional mouse cDNA clones and showed 91% identity with the region specific for variant C of fibulin. Northern blots using mouse cells demonstrated two mRNA species, 2.7 kb and 2.3 kb, which encoded the variants D and C, respectively. The sequence of BM-90/fibulin indicates the presence of nine epidermal-growth-factor-like repeats in the core domain-II structure, eight of which contain consensus motifs for calcium binding. This binding is apparently important for the interaction of BM-90 with laminin and nidogen and for some weaker interactions with collagen IV. Further binding of BM-90 was demonstrated to fibronectin and BM-90 itself, but did not depend on calcium. Major binding sites for BM-90 were identified at a C-terminal segment of laminin A chain and at the N-terminus of nidogen. The broad interaction repertoire of BM-90 is comparable to that of nidogen and both proteins may have similar roles as connecting elements in the extracellular matrix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kluge
authors.forename: R Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Timpl
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D007797:Laminin / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D007797:Laminin; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C060820:fibulin; C029967:nidogen; D002118:Calcium