title: Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA for an RNA-binding protein from the Mexican axolotl: binding affinity of the in vitro synthesized protein.
abstract: A full length cDNA for an RNA-binding protein (axolotl RBP) with consensus sequence (RNP-CS) from the Mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, has been cloned from a subtraction library. In vitro translation with synthetic mRNA and subsequent hybrid-arrested translation with a specific antisense oligonucleotide confirms that the axolotl RBP cDNA encodes an approx. 16 kDa polypeptide. Computer-assisted analyses revealed amino acid similarities of 58-60% to various RNA-binding proteins and a 90 amino acid region at the amino-terminal end constituting the putative RNA-binding domain (RNP-CS) with two highly conserved motifs, RNP2 and RNP1. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the putative RNA-binding protein from axolotl is unique. A binding assay with radiolabeled axolotl RBP showed that this RNA-binding protein bound strongly with poly(A) and to a lesser degree with poly(U), but not at all with poly(G), poly(C), or DNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaur
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Lemanski
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Dube
mesh_terms: D000558:Ambystoma mexicanum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D029845:Amphibian Proteins; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010802:Phylogeny; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D029845:Amphibian Proteins; C113683:AxRNBP protein, Ambystoma mexicanum; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012313:RNA