title: The tight junction protein ZO-2 contains three PDZ (PSD-95/Discs-Large/ZO-1) domains and an alternatively spliced region.
abstract: The complete cDNA sequence for canine ZO-2, a tight junction-specific protein, is presented. A single open reading frame encodes a polypeptide of 1,174 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 132,085 daltons. As noted previously (), ZO-2 is a member of the membrane-associated guanylate kinase-containing (MAGUK) protein family, a family which includes an additional tight junction-associated protein, ZO-1. These proteins contain a region homologous to guanylate kinase, an SH3 domain, and variable numbers of PSD-95/discs-large/ZO-1 (PDZ) domains, shown to be involved in protein-protein interactions. ZO-2 and ZO-1 contain three PDZ domains in the N-terminal half of the molecule. Between the first and second PDZ domains, ZO-2 displays a basic region (pI = 10.27) containing 22% arginine residues. Both ZO-1 and ZO-2 have proline-rich C-terminal regions that are not homologous to other MAGUK family members. Sequence analysis of multiple ZO-2 cDNAs reveals a 36-amino acid domain in this C-terminal region present in only some of the cDNAs. Overall, ZO-2 is highly homologous to ZO-1, showing 51% amino acid identity; however, the C-terminal ends of the molecules show only 25% amino acid identity. This suggests that the C-terminal ends of ZO-1 and ZO-2 have different functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beatch
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Jesaitis
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gallin
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Goodenough
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D062826:Zonula Occludens-1 Protein; D062827:Zonula Occludens-2 Protein
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C569042:TJP1 protein, human; C569046:TJP2 protein, human; D062826:Zonula Occludens-1 Protein; D062827:Zonula Occludens-2 Protein