title: Cloning, expression and mapping of a novel RING-finger gene (RNF5), a human homologue of a putative zinc-finger gene from Caenorhabditis elegans.
abstract: The RING-finger is a unique zinc-chelating domain involved in mediating protein-protein interactions. The extensive sequence homology within the RING-finger domain allowed us to clone a novel member of the RING-finger family of genes. This cDNA clone, designated RNF5 (Ring-finger protein 5), contained an open reading frame of 540 nucleotides. Its predicted amino acid sequence revealed significant homology to a hypothetical protein encoded by Caenorhabditis elegans cosmid C16C10.7. The expression of RNF5 was detected in a variety of human tissues. The RNF5 gene was mapped by fluorescence in situ hybridization to chromosome 6p21.31. Radiation hybrid mapping further assigned RNF5 to a region proximal to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on chromosome 6. RNF5 is the third RING-finger gene identified in the region proximal to MHC raising the possibility that the RING-finger family of genes may exist as a cluster in this region.
authors.affiliation: Otsuka GEN Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Tokushima, Japan. qshiki@gen.otsuka.genome.ad.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kyushiki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003360:Cosmids; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C111501:RNF5 protein, human; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases