title: [The short form of heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor. Part II].
abstract: The structure of monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) gene has been investigated in this work in comparison with the known structure of human gene. It was shown that HB-EGF short form (SF-HB-EGF) specific exon 3a is mapped between exons 3 and 4 at distance 700 b.p. from exon 4. In a number of human and simian cell lines the main part of SF-HB-EGF mRNA does not contain HB-EGF mRNA specific exons 4 and 5. In comparison with HB-EGF mRNA in SF-HB-EGF mRNA P-form, but not L-form of is predominant, and this mRNA encodes a polypeptide with changed propeptide structure. Labeled SF-HB-EGF competes with HB-EGF and EGF for binding sites at A431 cell surface, which may be due to interaction with specific receptor. All the data suggest a specific role of SF-HB-EGF in cellular signalization.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Luk'ianov
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Kozlov
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops / Q000235:genetics*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005091:Exons; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism*; D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: C587883:HBEGF protein, human; D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D006493:Heparin