Bp’s involvement

Transglutaminase (TGase) catalyses the post-translational modification of proteins by transamidation of available glutamine residues. While several TGase genes of fish and arthropods have been cloned and appear to have similar structures to those of mammals, no homologous gene has been found in lower eukaryotes. We have cloned the acellular slime mold Physarum polycephalum TGase cDNA using RT-PCR with degenerated primers, based on the partial amino acid sequence of the purified enzyme. The cDNA contained a 2565-bp ORF encoding a 855-residue polypeptide.

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Thebrain fattyacid-bindingprotein (B-FABP) is involved in brain development and adult neurogenesis. We have deter-mined the sequence of the gene encoding the B-FABP in zebrafish. The zebrafish B-FABP gene spans 2370 bp and contains four exons interruptedby three introns. The coding sequence of zebrafishB-FABP gene is identical to its cDNA sequence and the coding capacity of each exon is the same as that for the human and mouse B-FABP genes. A 1249 bp sequence 5¢ upstream of exon 1 of the zebrafish B-FABP gene was cloned and sequenced. ...

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The rhesus (Rh) blood group antigens are of considerable importance in transfusion medicine as well as in newborn or autoimmune hemolytic diseases due to their high antigenicity. We identified a major DNaseI hypersensitive site at the 5¢ flanking regions of bothRHDandRHCEexon 1. A 34 bp fragment located at)191 to)158 from a translation start posi-tion, and containing the TCCCCTCCC sequence, was involved in enhan-cing promoter activity, which was assessed by luciferase reporter gene assay.

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