title: Rabbit ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1: cDNA cloning, sequence and expression.
abstract: A cDNA clone encoding ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1 has been isolated from a rabbit heart cDNA library and sequenced. The 3.485 kb cDNA contains an open reading frame of 1058 amino acid residues which predicts a protein of approx. 118 kDa. The deduced protein sequence exhibits a very high homology to other ubiquitin-activating enzymes identified in a variety of organisms. Northern blot analysis reveals a single transcript of approx. 3.5 kb in all the rabbit tissues examined. The entire coding region of the rabbit E1 cDNA has been expressed as a his-tagged protein. The recombinant protein has been verified by its ability to cross-react with anti-human E1 antibodies. Ubiquitin thiolester assay shows that the recombinant rabbit E1 protein is functional.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jeyaseelan
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Teo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008025:Ligases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D044764:Ubiquitin-Activating Enzymes; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D008025:Ligases; D044764:Ubiquitin-Activating Enzymes