title: Molecular cloning and expression of avian smooth muscle S100A11 (calgizzarin, S100C).
abstract: S100A11 (calgizzarin or S100C), a member of the S100 family of Ca(2+)-binding proteins, was first identified in chicken gizzard smooth muscle and subsequently detected in several mammalian species and tissues. We now report the full-length coding sequence of avian smooth muscle S100A11. The cloned nucleotide sequence is 515 bases in length, which includes in-frame start and stop codons and encodes a protein of 101 amino acids. The chicken S100A11 sequence differs from human S100A11 at 25 positions (9 conserved) and is four residues shorter (overall identity 72.4%, similarity 81%). The protein contains two EF hand and conserved hydrophobic residues involved in dimer formation. Cloned avian S100A11 expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by Ca(2+)-dependent hydrophobic interaction chromatography and ion-exchange chromatography was recognized by polyclonal antibodies raised against tissue-purified protein and, like tissue-purified S100A11, bound 45Ca2+ in a gel overlay assay.
authors.affiliation: Smooth Muscle Research Group, University of Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: B O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Schönekess
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002132:Calcium Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005895:Gizzard, Avian; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000737:chemistry*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits; D009418:S100 Proteins; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D002132:Calcium Radioisotopes; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins; C072337:S100A11 protein, human; D002118:Calcium