title: Cloning, nucleotide sequence and characterization of a full-length cDNA encoding the myosin heavy chain from adult chicken pectoralis major muscle.
abstract: Four cDNA clones, encoding the chicken adult sarcomeric MyHC, have been isolated from a pectoralis major muscle cDNA library using gene-specific DNA probes. These clones were sequenced and then subcloned into a full-length, 6-kb, chicken adult sarcomeric MyHC cDNA. The entire cDNA consists of 5873 nucleotides with 19 bp 5'-untranslated region and 34 bp 3'-untranslated region. The complete cDNA encodes a 1939-aa polypeptide whose molecular weight is 223 kDa. The calculated isoelectric point of this protein is approximately 5.7. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence and comparison with a previously published amino-acid sequence of the same MyHC isoform reveals that six amino acid residues are different. Hydrophilicity analysis of this adult MyHC amino-acid sequence shows a similar pattern as the embryonic MyHC. A recombinant baculovirus, carrying this full-length adult MyHC cDNA, has also been generated and expressed in the Sf9 insect cell line. A approximately 220-kDa recombinant MyHC was synthesized and reacted specifically with chicken adult MyHC monoclonal antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bandman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012518:Sarcomeres / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D018411:Spodoptera
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains