gp49 was originally defined as a 49-kDa surface glycoprotein preferentially expressed on mouse interleukin-3-dependent, bone marrow-derived mast cells, which are immature progenitor cells. A previously cloned cDNA (gp49A) indicated that gp49 was a member of the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily, and genomic DNA analysis indicated that two genes might encode a gp49 family. We have now characterized a 5.6-kilobase pair gene, gp49B, that encodes two novel gp49 cDNAs, gp49B1 and gp49B2. The two cDNAs are identical except that gp49B2 is missing exon 6, which encodes a predicted transmembrane domain. In contrast to gp49A, gp49B1 and gp49B2 have 32 additional amino acids at their C termini containing 4 of the 6 consensus amino acids of the antigen receptor homology 1 motif found on several signal-transducing members of the Ig superfamily. When COS-7 cells were transfected with either the gp49B1 or gp49B2 cDNA, only the gp49B1 transfectants bound the B23.1 monoclonal antibody that originally defined gp49. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis of the transfectants established that both transcripts were expressed, suggesting that the product of the gp49B2 transcript was not inserted in the plasma membrane. Thus, cloning of the gp49B gene has established the organization of one of the gp49 genes and provided evidence of alternate splicing of transcripts from that gene.
Cloning of the gp49B gene of the immunoglobulin superfamily and demonstration that one of its two products is an early-expressed mast cell surface protein originally described as gp49.
M. Castells,X. Wu,J. Arm,K. Austen,H. Katz
Published 1994 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
ABSTRACT
PUBLICATION RECORD
- Publication year
1994
- Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Publication date
1994-03-18
- Fields of study
Biology, Medicine
- Identifiers
- External record
- Source metadata
Semantic Scholar, PubMed
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CLAIMS
CONCEPTS
- alternate splicing
Production of different transcripts from the same gene by differential exon inclusion.
Aliases: alternative splicing
- b23.1 monoclonal antibody
A monoclonal antibody used as the original marker for gp49 surface protein.
Aliases: B23.1
- exon 6
The sixth exon of the gp49B gene described in the transcript comparison.
Aliases: gp49B exon 6
- gp49b1 cdna
One of the two cDNA isoforms encoded by gp49B and analyzed in the abstract.
Aliases: gp49B1
- transmembrane domain
A predicted membrane-spanning segment encoded by exon 6 in the gp49B transcript.
Aliases: TM domain
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