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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-5-28
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The nucleotide sequence of two cloned rat lens beta-crystallin cDNAs pRL beta B3-2 and pRL beta B1-3 has been determined. pRL beta B3-2 contains the complete coding information for a beta-crystallin, designated beta B3, of 210 amino acid residues. pRL beta B1-3 is incomplete at its 5' end; the 5' codogenic information which is not present in this cDNA clone was deduced from the cloned gene. pRL beta B1-3 codes for a beta-crystallin polypeptide, designated beta B1, whose full length is 247 amino acid residues. Considerable sequence homology is noted between the amino- and carboxy-terminal halves of each protein. The two rat beta-crystallins show a substantial sequence homology with each other (60%) as well as with the published sequences of rat gamma-crystallin (37%) and bovine and murine beta-crystallins (55 and 45%). All these proteins have a two-domain structure which, like the bovine gamma II-crystallin, might be folded into four remarkably similar protein motifs. Our data further indicate that the beta-crystallins can be subdivided into two groups which are evolutionarily related. Both groups are, although more distantly, also related to the gamma-crystallins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
824
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
295-303
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Rat lens beta-crystallins are internally duplicated and homologous to gamma-crystallins.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't