title: Sequence and expression of a novel member (LTBP-4) of the family of latent transforming growth factor-beta binding proteins.
abstract: Overlapping cDNA clones from human heart and melanoma libraries were used to establish the 1587-residue sequence of a novel protein (LTBP-4) belonging to the family of extracellular microfibrillar proteins which also bind transforming growth factor-beta. LTBP-4 consists of 20 EG modules, 17 of them with a consensus sequence for calcium binding, 4 TB modules with 8 cysteines and several proline-rich regions. Northern blots demonstrated a single 5 kb mRNA which is highly expressed in heart but also present in skeletal muscle, pancreas, placenta and lung. The modular structure predicts that LTBP-4 should be a microfibrillar protein which probably also binds TGF-beta.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giltay
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kostka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Timpl
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000737:chemistry; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D053779:Latent TGF-beta Binding Proteins; D008545:Melanoma / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C509040:LTBP4 protein, human; D053779:Latent TGF-beta Binding Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D002118:Calcium