Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Carbohydrates or derivatives
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-21
2002-12-31
Yucel, Remy (Department: 1636)
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Carbohydrates or derivatives
C435S325000, C435S320100, C435S366000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06500939
ABSTRACT:
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to cDNAs coding for human proteins having transmembrane domains and eucaryotic cells expressing said cDNAs. The human cDNAs of the present invention can be utilized as probes for the gene diagnosis and gene sources for the gene therapy. Furthermore, the cDNAs can be utilized as gene sources for large-scale production of the proteins encoded by said cDNAs. Cells, wherein said cDNAs are expressed, can be utilized for detection of the corresponding ligands, screening of novel low-molecular pharmaceuticals, and so on.
2. Background Art
Membrane proteins play important roles, as signal receptors, ion channels, transporters, etc. in the material transportation and the information transmission which are mediated by the cell membrane. Examples thereof include receptors for a variety of cytokines, ion channels for the sodium ion, the potassium ion, the chloride ion, etc., transporters for saccharides and amino acids, and so on, where the genes of many of them have been cloned already.
It has been clarified that abnormalities of these membrane proteins are associated with a number of hitherto-cryptogenic diseases. For instance, a gene of a membrane protein having twelve transmembrane domains was identified as the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis [Rommens, J. M. et al., Science 245: 1059-1065 (1989)]. In addition, it has been clarified that several membrane proteins act as receptors when a virus infects the cells. For instance, HIV-1 is revealed to infect into the cells through mediation of a membrane protein fusin having a membrane protein on the T-cell membrane, a CD-4 antigen, and seven transmembrane domains [Feng, Y. et al., Science 272: 872-877 (1996)]. Therefore, discovery of a new membrane protein is anticipated to lead to elucidation of the causes of many diseases, so that isolation of a new gene coding for the membrane protein has been desired.
Heretofore, owing to difficulty in the purification, many membrane proteins have been isolated by an approach from the gene side. A general method is the so-called expression cloning which comprises transfection of a cDNA library in eucaryotic cells to express cDNAs and then detection of the cells expressing the target membrane protein on the membrane by an immunological technique using an antibody or a physiological technique on the change in the membrane permeability. However, this method is applicable only to cloning of a gene of a membrane protein with a known function.
In general, membrane proteins possess hydrophobic transmembrane domains inside the proteins, wherein, after synthesis thereof in the ribosome, these domains remain in the phospholipid membrane to be trapped in the membrane. Accordingly, the evidence of the cDNA for encoding the membrane protein is provided by determination of the whole base sequence of a full-length cDNA followed by detection of highly hydrophobic transmembrane domains in the amino acid sequence of the protein encoded by said cDNA.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide novel human proteins having transmembrane domains and DNAs coding for said proteins as well as transformation eucaryotic cells that are capable of expressing said cDNAs.
As the result of intensive studies, the present inventors have been successful in cloning of cDNAs coding for proteins having transmembrane domains from the human full-length cDNA bank, thereby completing the present invention. In other words, the present invention provides cDNAs coding for human proteins having transmembrane domains, exemplified by cDNAs containing either of the base sequences represented by SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:2, as well as transformation eucaryotic cells that are capable of expressing said cDNAs.
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Kato Seishi
Sekine Shingo
Katcheves Konstantina
Sagami Chemical Research Center
Yucel Remy
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