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Title: Molecular cloning, sequence, and expression of a human GDP-L-fucose:. beta. -D-galactoside 2-. alpha. -L-fucosyltransferase cDNA that can form the H blood group antigen

Abstract

The authors have previously used a gene-transfer scheme to isolate a human genomic DNA fragment that determines expression of a GDP-L-fucose:{beta}D-galactoside 2-{alpha}-L-fucosyltransferase. Although this fragment determined expression of an {alpha}(1,2)FT whose kinetic properties mirror those of the human H blood group {alpha}(1,2)FT, their precise nature remained undefined. They describe here the molecular cloning, sequence, and expression of a human of cDNA corresponding to these human genomic sequences. When expressed in COS-1 cells, the cDNA directs expression of cell surface H structures and a cognate {alpha}(1,2)FT activity with properties analogous to the human H blood group {alpha}(1,2)FT. The cDNA sequence predicts a 365-amino acid polypeptide characteristic of a type II transmembrane glycoprotein with a domain structure analogous to that of other glycosyltransferases but without significant primary sequence similarity to these or other known proteins. To directly demonstrate that the cDNA encodes an {alpha}(1,2)FT, the COOH-terminal domain predicted to be Golgi-resident was expressed in COS-1 cells as a catalytically active, secreted, and soluble protein A fusion peptide. Southern blot analysis showed that this cDNA identified DNA sequences syntenic to the human H locus on chromosome 19. These results strongly suggest that this cloned {alpha}(1,2)FT cDNA represents the product of the human Hmore » blood group locus.« less

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5272391
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 87:17; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCING; DNA-CLONING; GENE REGULATION; ANTIGENS; BLOOD GROUPS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMAN CHROMOSOME 19; MAN; PHOSPHORUS 32; ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYMES; HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; PRIMATES; PROTEINS; RADIOISOTOPES; STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFERASES; VERTEBRATES; 550201* - Biochemistry- Tracer Techniques

Citation Formats

Larsen, R D, Ernst, L K, Nair, R P, and Lowe, J B. Molecular cloning, sequence, and expression of a human GDP-L-fucose:. beta. -D-galactoside 2-. alpha. -L-fucosyltransferase cDNA that can form the H blood group antigen. United States: N. p., 1990. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.17.6674.
Larsen, R D, Ernst, L K, Nair, R P, & Lowe, J B. Molecular cloning, sequence, and expression of a human GDP-L-fucose:. beta. -D-galactoside 2-. alpha. -L-fucosyltransferase cDNA that can form the H blood group antigen. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.87.17.6674
Larsen, R D, Ernst, L K, Nair, R P, and Lowe, J B. 1990. "Molecular cloning, sequence, and expression of a human GDP-L-fucose:. beta. -D-galactoside 2-. alpha. -L-fucosyltransferase cDNA that can form the H blood group antigen". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.87.17.6674.
@article{osti_5272391,
title = {Molecular cloning, sequence, and expression of a human GDP-L-fucose:. beta. -D-galactoside 2-. alpha. -L-fucosyltransferase cDNA that can form the H blood group antigen},
author = {Larsen, R D and Ernst, L K and Nair, R P and Lowe, J B},
abstractNote = {The authors have previously used a gene-transfer scheme to isolate a human genomic DNA fragment that determines expression of a GDP-L-fucose:{beta}D-galactoside 2-{alpha}-L-fucosyltransferase. Although this fragment determined expression of an {alpha}(1,2)FT whose kinetic properties mirror those of the human H blood group {alpha}(1,2)FT, their precise nature remained undefined. They describe here the molecular cloning, sequence, and expression of a human of cDNA corresponding to these human genomic sequences. When expressed in COS-1 cells, the cDNA directs expression of cell surface H structures and a cognate {alpha}(1,2)FT activity with properties analogous to the human H blood group {alpha}(1,2)FT. The cDNA sequence predicts a 365-amino acid polypeptide characteristic of a type II transmembrane glycoprotein with a domain structure analogous to that of other glycosyltransferases but without significant primary sequence similarity to these or other known proteins. To directly demonstrate that the cDNA encodes an {alpha}(1,2)FT, the COOH-terminal domain predicted to be Golgi-resident was expressed in COS-1 cells as a catalytically active, secreted, and soluble protein A fusion peptide. Southern blot analysis showed that this cDNA identified DNA sequences syntenic to the human H locus on chromosome 19. These results strongly suggest that this cloned {alpha}(1,2)FT cDNA represents the product of the human H blood group locus.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.87.17.6674},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5272391}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States)},
issn = {0027-8424},
number = ,
volume = 87:17,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990},
month = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990}
}