title: Identification of bovine invariant chain (Ii) gene by nucleotide sequencing.
abstract: Four overlapping cDNA clones encoding the bovine invariant chain (Ii) were isolated and characterized. The bovine Ii cDNA clone, NI3 with a 1,381-bp insert, encoded a translated product of 204 amino acids. The amino acid sequences deduced from this clone revealed that the bovine Ii gene is more closely related to human Ii gene than to genes for rodents, such as mouse and rat, but lacked 10 amino acids of the 3' end of the extracellular domain comparable to those in proteins from other species. Of interest is that the class-II-associated invariant chain peptide (CLIP) segment is present in the protein encoded by NI3, and this region exhibits a high degree of overall similarity to sequences encoded by human, mouse and rat, suggesting that bovine CLIP may have the biological function of CLIP binding to MHC class II molecules. Thus, it seems likely that this cDNA clone encodes a functional product which might perform an important function in MHC class II antigen presentation, as previously established in studies in mouse and man.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Gene Technology and Safety, Tsukuba Life Science Center, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niimi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aida
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C045084:invariant chain