title: Structure, expression, and chromosomal localization of the human gene encoding a germinal center-associated nuclear protein (GANP) that associates with MCM3 involved in the initiation of DNA replication.
abstract: A 210kDa protein named GANP is upregulated in germinal center (GC)-B cells in the spleen of antigen-immunized mouse. We studied a human ganp gene (hganp) encoding a putative polypeptide of 1980 amino acids. The carboxyl-terminal 721-amino-acid sequence of hGANP is identical to Map80, that is presumably generated by alternative splicing of hganp/Map80 gene. The genomic segment carrying hganp and Map80 genes was isolated, and the chromosomal location was determined on 21q22.3. Northern blot analysis with RNAs from various organs demonstrated a single band of 7kb hganp mRNA, which suggests a preferential transcription of hganp gene from the hganp/Map80 locus. The hGANP expression was upregulated in GCs of the tonsil, as demonstrated by in-situ RNA hybridization and immunohistochemical analyses. The hGANP, with the domain (Map-box) capable of binding to MCM3 in B cells, might be involved in regulation of cell-cycle progression and DNA replication of GC-B cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Honjo, 860-0811, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuwahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004261:DNA Replication; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics; D018858:Germinal Center / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D064126:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 3; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C066470:MCM3 protein, human; C513269:Mcm3 protein, mouse; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000123:Acetyltransferases; C406825:MCM3AP protein, human; D064126:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 3