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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 285, 期 4, 页码 939-944出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5271
关键词
prominin; prominin (mouse)-like 1; pentaspan membrane protein; CD133
Mouse prominin is the first characterized member of a novel family of membrane glycoproteins. It displays characteristic membrane topology with five transmembrane segments and two large glycosylated extracellular loops. Prominin orthologues and paralogues have been identified in human, fish, fly, and worm. Recently, a cDNA sequence encoding the rat homologue of mouse prominin has been reported [Zhu et al (2001) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 281, 951-956]. Surprisingly, due to a single nucleotide deletion that shifts the reading frame and introduces a premature stop codon, the protein predicted from this cDNA would correspond to a C-terminally truncated form of prominin with only four transmembrane segments. Here we report evidence that is in contrast to the report of Zhu et al (2001). We isolated a rat prominin cDNA devoid of any frameshift mutation, demonstrate that rat prominin, like the other mammalian prominins, is a full-length 120-kDa pentaspan membrane glycoprotein, and have not been able to detect any C-terminally truncated form of rat prominin. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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