Cloning of a rat-specific long PCP4/PEP19 isoform

Int J Mol Med. 2007 Mar;19(3):501-9.

Abstract

We report the identification of a cDNA that encodes a putative protein of 94 amino acids and expected molecular weight of 10.7 kDa, the C-terminal half of which is identical to that of PEP19, a small, brain-specific protein involved in Ca++/calmodulin signaling. The novel rat-specific protein, tentatively named long PEP19 isoform (LPI), is the product of alternative splicing of the rat PCP4 gene encoding PEP19. We found that antibodies raised against the first 13 N-terminal amino acids of LPI, not present in PEP19, recognize a protein enriched in the developing rat brain.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Antibodies / immunology
  • Base Sequence
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins
  • Cell Extracts
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Complementary / genetics
  • DNA, Complementary / isolation & purification
  • Exons / genetics
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Humans
  • Introns / genetics
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / chemistry
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics*
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / immunology
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
  • Peptides / immunology
  • Protein Isoforms / chemistry
  • Protein Isoforms / genetics
  • Protein Isoforms / immunology
  • Protein Isoforms / metabolism
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / chemistry
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / immunology
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins
  • Cell Extracts
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Pcp4 protein, rat
  • Peptides
  • Protein Isoforms
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA-Binding Proteins

Associated data

  • RefSeq/NM_031002