title: Characterization of bovine and human cDNAs encoding NAP-22 (22 kDa neuronal tissue-enriched acidic protein) homologs.
abstract: We have characterized the bovine and the human cDNAs encoding the NAP-22 (22 kDa neuronal tissue-enriched acidic protein) homologs. Both bovine and human cDNAs encode proteins of 227 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequences of the bovine and the human proteins are 63% and 65% identical, respectively, to that of rat NAP-22 protein, strongly suggesting that both the cDNAs characterized encode NAP-22 proteins. They also share 45% and 41% amino acid sequence identities with chicken CAP-23 (23 kDa cytoskeleton associated protein). Several important protein motifs, including myristoylation and phosphorylation sites, are well conserved in sequences and positions in all three mammalian NAP-22 proteins and chicken CAP-23 proteins. The bovine cDNA was characterized further. Southern analysis of the bovine genomic DNA suggests that the bovine NAP-22 protein is encoded by a single-copy gene. RNA blot analysis revealed that the bovine gene for NAP-22 protein encodes a 1.7 kb transcript that is present only in the brain. Our data suggest that the four proteins, bovine and human NAP-22 homologs, rat NAP-22, and chicken CAP-23, have homologous functions in different organisms.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetic Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Genetic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Suwon, Korea.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Y I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D018900:Dinucleotide Repeats; D005260:Female; D018628:Gene Dosage; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010053:Ovary / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012160:Retina / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA