title: Isolation of a gene (DLG3) encoding a second member of the discs-large family on chromosome 17q12-q21.
abstract: The discs-large family is a collection of proteins that have a common structural organization and are thought to be involved in signal transduction and mediating protein-protein interactions at the cytoplasmic surface of the cell membrane. The defining member of this group of proteins is the gene product of the Drosophila lethal (1) discs large (dlg) 1 locus, which was originally identified by the analysis of recessive lethal mutants. Germline mutations in dlg result in loss of apical-basolateral polarity, disruption of normal cell-cell adhesion, and neoplastic overgrowth of the imaginal disc epithelium. We have isolated and characterized a novel human gene, DLG3, that encodes a new member of the discs-large family of proteins. The putative DLG3 gene product has a molecular weight of 66 kDa and contains a discs-large homologous region, a src oncogene homology motif 3, and a domain with homology to guanylate kinase. The DLG3 gene is located on chromosome 17, in the same segment, 17q12-q21, as the related gene, DLG2. The products of the DLG2 and DLG3 genes show 36% identity and 58% similarity to each other, and both show nearly 60% sequence similarity to p55, an erythroid phosphoprotein that is a component of the red cell membrane. We suggest that p55, DLG2, and DLG3 are closely related members of a gene family, whose protein products have a common structural organization and probably a similar function.
authors.affiliation: Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazoyer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Albertsen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17 / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019476:Insect Proteins