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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A mouse macrophage lambda gt11 cDNA library was screened using a genomic DNA clone coding for the C-chain gene of human C1q. Approximately 600,000 recombinant phage plaques were hybridized with peroxidase-labeled human C-chain probe and detected by enhanced chemiluminescence. Five positive clones were obtained. The size of the full-length cDNA is 1019 bp. The sequence identity of the nucleotide sequence with human C1q C chain is 79%, the identity of the deduced amino acid sequences is 73%. The mouse C1q C chain exhibits the same structural features as the human C chain, e.g. conservation of the cysteine residues. Like the mouse A chain, the mouse C chain has an RGD sequence that may be recognized by receptors of the integrin family. No RGD sequences have been found in any of the human C1q chains. The size of the C-chain mRNA (1.2 kb) and its tissue distribution (macrophages being the cell type with the highest mRNA concentration) are identical to the mRNA of the mouse A and B chains. Alignment of human and mouse C1q A, B and C chains exhibits two blocks of highly conserved residues within the C-terminal globular regions. Three other proteins, collagen type VIII and type X and precerebellin share this similarity with C1q, indicating the structural and probably functional importance of these regions within the non-collagenous domains of the molecules.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
209
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
129-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation, sequence analysis and characterization of cDNA clones coding for the C chain of mouse C1q. Sequence similarity of complement subcomponent C1q, collagen type VIII and type X and precerebellin.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't