CDNA SEQUENCING OF NUCLEAR LAMIN-A AND LAMIN-C REVEALS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY TO INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS
CDNA SEQUENCING OF NUCLEAR LAMIN-A AND LAMIN-C REVEALS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY TO INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.83.17.6450
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发表时间:
1986-09-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
BLOBEL, G
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作者:
FISHER, DZ;CHAUDHARY, N;BLOBEL, G
The amino acid sequences deduced from cDNA clones of human lamin A and lamin C show identity between these two lamins except for an extra 9.0-kDa carboxyl-terminal tail that is present only in lamin A. Both lamins A and C contain an .alpha.-helical domain of approximately 360 residues that shows striking homology to a corresponding .alpha.-helical rod domain that is the structural hallmark of all intermediate filament proteins. However, the lamin .alpha.-helical domain is 14% loarger than that of the intermediate filament proteins. In addition to the extensive homology to intermediate filament proteins as reported [McKeon, F., Kirschner, M. and Caput, D. (1986) Nature (London) 319, 463-468], a different 82-amino acid residue stretch at the carboxyl terminus of lamin A has been deduced and verified by amino acid sequencing. This region contains sequence homology to amino- and carboxyl-terminal domains of type I and type II epidermal keratins. Implications of the presence of these and other domains in lamins A and C for the assembly of the nuclear lamina are discussed.