title: The human extracellular matrix gene 1 (ECM1): genomic structure, cDNA cloning, expression pattern, and chromosomal localization.
abstract: The Ecm1 gene encodes an 85-kDa protein of unknown function that was originally identified as a secretory protein of the murine osteogenic stromal cell line MN7. This paper describes the isolation of a genomic clone containing the human ECM1 gene from a chromosome 1 cosmid library and the characterization of its exon-intron structure. The protein coding region comprises 10 exons. The ECM1 gene maps at chromosome 1q21 outside the epidermal differentiation complex region. The ECM1 gene appears to be expressed as a 1.8-kb transcript predominantly in placenta and heart, while an additional 1.4-kb alternatively spliced message was detected in tonsils. The full-length human ECM1 transcript contains 1838 bp and has an overall homology of 79.6% with the mouse Ecm1 cDNA. This transcript codes for a protein of 540 amino acids that is 69.4% identical and 81.3% similar to the corresponding mouse protein. The alternatively spliced variant, 1450 bp long, encodes a protein of 415 amino acids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Department of Medicine, Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, 2610, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smits
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van Hul
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Boutaibi
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merregaert
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000378:metabolism; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C490607:ECM1 protein, human; C094556:Ecm1 protein, mouse; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins