title: Primary structure of matrilin-3, a new member of a family of extracellular matrix proteins related to cartilage matrix protein (matrilin-1) and von Willebrand factor.
abstract: A mouse cDNA encoding for matrilin-3, the third member of the novel matrilin family of extracellular matrix proteins, was cloned. The protein precursor of 481 amino acids consists of a putative signal peptide, a short positively charged sequence, a single vWFA-like domain followed by four epidermal growth factor-like modules and a potential coiled-coil alpha-helical oligomerization domain at the C-terminus. It is the smallest member of the matrilin family with a predicted Mr of the mature protein of 48 902. The primary structure of a C-terminal portion of 310 amino acids of the human matrilin-3 was determined and showed a sequence identity to the mouse matrilin-3 of 84.8%. Northern blot hybridization of mouse matrilin-3 mRNA showed a 2.9 kb mRNA expressed in sternum, femur and trachea and indicates a cartilage-specific expression.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biochemistry II, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Germany. akc31@rsl.rrz.uni-koeln.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wagener
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kobbe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paulsson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D064236:Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry; D064235:Matrilin Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D064236:Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; C577539:MATN1 protein, human; C577540:Matn1 protein, mouse; C577546:Matn3 protein, mouse; D064235:Matrilin Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C577553:TSP5 protein, human; D014841:von Willebrand Factor