title: Cloning and characterization of human CAGLP gene encoding a novel EF-hand protein.
abstract: The EF-hand proteins, containing conserved Ca2+ binding motifs, play important roles in many biological processes. Through data mining, a novel human gene, CAGLP (calglandulin-like protein) was predicted and subsequently isolated from human skeleton muscle. The open reading frame of CAGLP is 543 bp in length, coding a putative Ca2+ binding protein with four EF-hand motifs. The deduced amino acid sequence of CAGLP displays high similarity with Bothrops insularis snake protein calglandulin (80%). The results of PCR amplification using cDNA from 17 human tissues indicated that human CAGLP is expressed in prostate, thymus, heart, skeleton muscle, bone marrow and ovary. Functional CAGLP::EGFP (enhanced green fluorescent protein) fusion protein revealed that CAGLP accumulated through-out Hela cells. Western blot using anti-EGFP antibodies indicated that the CAGLP protein has a molecular weight of about 19 kD. A phylogenetic tree showed that CAGLP and calglandulin may be orthologous proteins representing a distinct group in the EF-hand proteins.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jin-Hu
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Hexige
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saiyin
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Guang-Jin
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chao-Qun
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: C501464:CALML6 protein, human; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C485184:enhanced green fluorescent protein; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins