The slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum contains a novel cAMP-binding protein, CABPl, that is composed of two subunits. Anti-CABPl monoclonal antibodies were used to isolate a cDNA from a $ lambda$gtll expression library. In hybrid selection experiments, this cDNA was found to be complementary to mRNAs encoding both CABPl subunits and also to share some homology with two polypeptides, p34 and p31, that copurify with CABPl. Further analysis showed that the two CABPl polypeptides are identical except for an additional 37 amino acids present in the larger polypeptide. Both polypeptides are encoded by a single gene and the production of the two CABPl mRNAs is accomplished by an unusual splicing event. The p34 and p31 polypeptides are smaller but highly homologous to the two CABPl polypeptides and are probably produced in a similar fashion. The carboxyl halves of the four polypeptides show a 50% similarity to two polypeptides of a tellurium anion resistance determinant encoded on a bacterial plasmid.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.74263 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Grant, Caroline E. (Caroline Eleanor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Biology.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: 001071930, proquestno: AAINN63421, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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