The rat Prm3 gene is an intronless member of the protamine gene cluster and is expressed in haploid male germ cells.
We have cloned and sequenced the cDNA of a novel gene from the rat protamine gene cluster. This gene, preliminarily referred to as Prm3, is intronless and resides between the genes for protamine 2 and transition protein 2. Prm3 is transcribed from the same strand as these genes and is expressed in haploid stages of spermatogenesis. The 410-bp-long cDNA possesses an ORF, coding for a putative 104-amino acid polypeptide with a high content of glutamic acid.
Institute for Human Genetics, University of Göttingen, Germany.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D006041:Goats; D006238:Haploidy; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010215:Papio; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011479:Protamines / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine
D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011479:Protamines