title: Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding an ovine oestrus-associated oviducal protein.
abstract: Ovine oestrus-associated oviducal glycoprotein (oEGP) is synthesized and secreted specifically by the ampullary region of the ovine oviduct during the peri-ovulatory stages of the oestrous cycle. A cDNA that encodes oEGP was isolated and sequenced. Isolation of oEGP was achieved using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with primers based on a bovine oestrus-associated oviducal glycoprotein cDNA (bOGP) sequence. A 1599-bp cDNA encodes, in part, a deduced 519-amino acid sequence of mature protein which carries two potential N-linked glycosylation sites. The deduced amino acid sequence is more than 95% identical to that of bOGP and more than 74% identical to the first 491 amino acids of human oestrogen-dependent oviducal glycoprotein (hOGP). Northern blot hybridizations of RNA from several sheep tissues detected mRNA (2.4 kb) only in an ampulla oviduct sample.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Division of Animal Production, Blacktown, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Nancarrow
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Brownlee
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry*; D004971:Estrus / Q000502:physiology*; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006023:Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C104698:estrus-associated oviductal protein, Bos taurus