title: Molecular cloning of a novel high molecular weight mucin (MG1) from human sublingual gland.
abstract: A human sublingual gland cDNA library was screened with a polyclonal antiserum against deglycosylated MG1 and a positive clone, pSM2-1, was isolated which codes for 196 amino acids in the carboxyl-terminal region of this mucin. This region is cysteine-rich and contains a C2-like domain upstream of the extreme carboxyl-terminal domain in which the arrangement of cysteines is nearly identical to that in human von Willebrand factor, human intestinal mucin MUC2, human tracheobronchial mucin MUC5 and porcine and bovine submaxillary gland mucins. Northern analyses with pSM2-1 showed MG1 transcripts are abundant in sublingual gland and barely detectable in submandibular gland. This study provides the first primary sequence data on human salivary mucin MG1 and the significance of the results is discussed with respect to the biosynthesis and differential expression of MG1 in human salivary glands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Boston University Medical Center, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Troxler
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Offner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iontcheva
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Oppenheim
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009077:Mucins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000737:chemistry; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009077:Mucins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014841:von Willebrand Factor