Cloning and characterization of a receptor-class phosphotyrosine phosphatase gene expressed on central nervous system axons in Drosophila melanogaster

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Dec 15;88(24):11266-70. doi: 10.1073/pnas.88.24.11266.

Abstract

We have cloned and characterized cDNAs coding for a receptor-class phosphotyrosine phosphatase gene from Drosophila melanogaster. The gene maps to the polytene chromosome bands 99A7-8. The cDNA clones code for a polypeptide of 1301 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 145 kDa. The extracellular domain includes two fibronectin-type III-like domains. The cytoplasmic region contains two tandemly repeated phosphotyrosine phosphatase-like domains. Residues shown crucial for catalytic activity are absent in the second domain. This Drosophila receptor-class phosphotyrosine phosphatase polypeptide is expressed on axons of the embryonic central nervous system.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Antibodies
  • Axons / enzymology*
  • Base Sequence
  • Chromosome Banding
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA Probes
  • Drosophila melanogaster / embryology
  • Drosophila melanogaster / enzymology
  • Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
  • Fibronectins / genetics
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nervous System / enzymology
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / genetics*
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / isolation & purification
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics*
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • DNA Probes
  • Fibronectins
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/M59745
  • GENBANK/M59746
  • GENBANK/M59747
  • GENBANK/M59748
  • GENBANK/M80723
  • GENBANK/M80724
  • GENBANK/M81664
  • GENBANK/M81665
  • GENBANK/M81666
  • GENBANK/M81795