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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-20
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Partial cDNAs of different isoforms of protein phosphatase 2Cbeta (PP2Cbeta or PPM1B) have been characterized in mammals. We disclose here the full cDNAs of two major PP2Cbeta isoforms from human, rat and mouse. These cDNAs (2.6 and 3.3 kb) are able to encode 53 kDa (PP2Cbetal) and 43 kDa (PP2Cbetas) polypeptides, respectively. The isoforms are co-expressed ubiquitously with the highest level in skeletal muscle, as assessed by Northern-blot analysis. Western and in situ analyses using monoclonal antibodies against PP2Cbeta confirmed the existence of two isoforms in the cytoplasm. Comparative sequence analysis revealed that both cDNAs consist of six exons with an alternate usage of the 3' exons that underlies the differences between them. The genomic structure of PP2Cbeta is similar to that of other PP2C paralogs and includes a non-coding first exon followed by a large intron and a large second exon that encoded most of the catalytic domain. Both variants of the ending exon include large non-coding regions. All non-translated regions (NTRs) are highly conserved between the orthologous genes, indicating their regulatory function. The 5'-NTR is long (379 bp), includes upstream start codons and is predicted to contain stable secondary structures. Such features inhibit translation initiation by the scanning mechanism. Introduction of this NTR element into a bi-luciferase expression-cassette enabled expression of the second cistron, suggesting that it might serve as an internal ribosome entry site, or it contains a cryptic promoter. Overexpression of PP2Cbeta under CMV-promoter in 293 cells led to cell-growth arrest or cell death.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
312
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
439-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Catalytic Domain, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Expressed Sequence Tags, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Phosphoprotein Phosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Protein Phosphatase 2, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11563908-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Uniquely conserved non-translated regions are involved in generation of the two major transcripts of protein phosphatase 2Cbeta.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Animal Science, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article