Identification and characterization of a human cDNA homologous to yeast SKI2

  • Seong Gene Lee
  • , Inchul Lee
  • , Sun H. Park
  • , Changwon Kang
  • , Kyuyoung Song*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A monoclonal antibody, 170A1, which recognizes a nucleolar peptide of molecular weight 90,000, was raised. The protein was conserved among various vertebrates. To characterize the antigen, we screened a human fetal liver expression library using the monoclonal antibody as a probe. Molecular analyses of immunopositive clones suggested the presence of a novel cDNA. It appeared to be a single-copy gene and encoded about 4- and 5-kb mRNAs. The gene appeared to be expressed in every cell tested so far. Its deduced amino acid sequence revealed an overall homology to recently described yeast SKI2. The SKI2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encoded a nucleolar protein that is involved in the antiviral system. We report here the partial human cDNA sequence and the localization of the corresponding gene on chromosome 6p21.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)660-666
Number of pages7
JournalGenomics
Volume25
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1995
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Yeonhee Choi and Jueun Chung for excellent technical assistance, Bernice Morrow for the earlier database search, and Se-yeon Weon for database assistance. We are grateful to Drs. Raju Kucherlapati, Oliver Smithies, Nobuyo Maeda, and Kyunghee Choi for helpful discussions. This work was supported by grants from the Asan Foundation through the Asan Institute for Life Sciences to K.S. and I.L. and Grant 913-0402-019-2 from the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation to IL.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics

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