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Human carbonic anhydrase IV: cDNA cloning, sequence comparison, and expression in COS cell membranes

Journal Article · · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States)

The authors have isolated a full-length cDNA for human carbonic anhydrase IV (CA IV) from a {lambda}gt10 human kidney cDNA library. The 1,105-base-pair (bp) cDNA contains a 47-bp 5{prime} untranslated region, a 936-bp open reading frame, and a 122-bp 3{prime} untranslated region. The deduced amino acid sequence is colinear with the N-terminal sequence and the sequence of several tryptic peptides of human lung CA IV. Expression of the cDNA in COS cells produced a 35-kDa enzyme that was membrane associated, resistant to inactivation by SDS, contained no carbohydrate, and reacted on Western blots with antiserum to the 35-kDa CA IV from human lung. Treatment of membranes from transfected COS cells with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C released 20-30% of the expressed enzyme from membranes, indicating that at least 20-30% of the expressed enzyme was anchored to membranes by a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol linkage.

OSTI ID:
5560527
Journal Information:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States), Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States) Vol. 89:4; ISSN PNASA; ISSN 0027-8424
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English