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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
34
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We previously isolated a cDNA encoding the 60-kDa murine protein (RBP-J kappa protein) that specifically binds to the immunoglobulin J kappa recombination signal sequence. The RBP-J kappa gene is highly conserved in a wide variety of organisms including man, Xenopus, Drosophila, and yeast. We have isolated and characterized the Drosophila homologue of the RBP-J kappa gene. The Drosophila RBP-J kappa gene was mapped to the polytene region 35BC of chromosome 2. The nucleotide sequence of this gene indicates that it is not one of the known genes located in the 35 BC region. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the Drosophila and mouse RBP-J kappa genes are 60 and 75% homologous, respectively. The central 248-residue regions of RBP-J kappa proteins of the two species are 93% homologous and include the 40-residue integrase motif. The Drosophila RBP-J kappa protein expressed in COS cells bound to the J kappa recognition sequence with the same specificity as the murine counterpart. These results suggest that Drosophila may have a site-specific recombination system which utilizes the immunoglobulin recombination signal sequence. Implications for evolution of immunoglobulin gene rearrangement were also discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
266
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23334-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Biological Evolution, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Chromosome Banding, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding..., pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Immunoglobulin Joining Region, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Ribonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:1744127-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The Drosophila RBP-J kappa gene encodes the binding protein for the immunoglobulin J kappa recombination signal sequence.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't