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Abstract

By screening a cDNA library with a cDNA encoding the cAMP-binding protein CABP1, under conditions of reduced stringency, we have isolated clones which code for two closely related molecules. Hybrid selection experiments indicated that these cDNAs encoded polypeptides with molecular masses of 34 (p34) and 31 (p31) kDa, both of which were recognized by anti-CABP1 monoclonal antibodies. Sequence analysis revealed that the clones were identical except for the presence of a 102 nucleotide segment inserted in-frame in the p34 cDNAs, just downstream of the translation initiation codon. DNA blot analysis suggested that p34 and p31 were encoded by the same gene. This hypothesis was strongly supported by the observation that both polypeptides were generated when a single cDNA was expressed under the control of the actin 15 promoter in cells. RNA blot analysis indicated that the cDNAs were complementary to three developmentally regulated transcripts of sizes 1.15 kb, 1.25 kb and 1.4 kb. Comparison of the derived amino acid sequences of p34 and p31 with those of the two subunits of CABP1 indicated that these polypeptides were very closely related, and that the corresponding genes probably arose by duplication followed by sequence divergence. Finally, the carboxy termini of these four polypeptides demonstrated 50% similarity to two polypeptides encoded by a bacterial plasmid which confers resistance to tellurium anions.

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