title: Identification of the true human orthologue of the mouse Zp1 gene: evidence for greater complexity in the mammalian zona pellucida?
abstract: The mammalian zona pellucida is a mixture of glycoproteins, believed to be encoded by three distinct genes, ZP1/ZPB, ZP2/ZPA, and ZP3/ZPC. We have now determined that the true human orthologue of the mouse Zp1 gene is not ZPB, but that there is a distinct human ZP1 gene. Comparison of the human ZP1 and murine Zp1 genes indicates significant conservation of nucleotide and amino acid sequences, of intron-exon size and organisation, and of regulatory sequences. In addition, the mouse and human ZP1 genes are in a region of conserved synteny between human chromosome 11 and mouse chromosome 19.
authors.affiliation: Reproductive Biology and Genetics Group, Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK. dhughes@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Barratt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D004527:Egg Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015044:Zona Pellucida / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072216:Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins
chemical_list: D004527:Egg Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C000606514:ZP1 protein, human; C000606515:ZP2 protein, human; C000606517:ZP3 protein, human; D000072216:Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins; C000606519:Zp1 protein, mouse; C000606520:Zp2 protein, mouse; C000606521:Zp3 protein, mouse