scholarly journals Secretion Trap Tagging of Secreted and Membrane-Spanning Proteins Using Arabidopsis Gene Traps

2003 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 698-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew T. Groover ◽  
Joseph R. Fontana ◽  
Juana M. Arroyo ◽  
Cristina Yordan ◽  
W. Richard McCombie ◽  
...  
1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (5) ◽  
pp. F602-F609 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Van Adelsberg ◽  
S. Chamberlain ◽  
V. D'Agati

Mutations in PKD1 cause autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), a common genetic disease in which cysts form from kidney tubules. The predicted product of this gene is a novel protein with cell-adhesive and membrane-spanning domains. To test the hypothesis that polycystin, the product of the PKD1 gene, is a cell adhesion molecule, we raised antibodies against peptides derived from the unduplicated, membrane-spanning portion of the predicted amino acid sequence. These antibodies recognized membrane-associated polypeptides of 485 and 245 kDa in human fetal kidney homogenates. Expression was greater in fetal than adult kidney by both Western blot analysis and immunofluorescence. In fetal kidney, polycystin was localized to the plasma membranes of ureteric bud and comma and S-shaped bodies. However, in more mature tubules in fetal kidney, in adult kidney, and in polycystic kidney, the majority of polycystin staining was intracellular. The temporal and spatial regulation of polycystin expression during renal development lead us to speculate that polycystin may play a role in nephrogenesis.


1990 ◽  
Vol 265 (27) ◽  
pp. 16132-16137 ◽  
Author(s):  
D B Engle ◽  
S A Osmani ◽  
A H Osmani ◽  
S Rosborough ◽  
X N Xin ◽  
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Genetics ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 149 (4) ◽  
pp. 1707-1715 ◽  
Author(s):  
J L Patton-Vogt ◽  
S A Henry

Abstract Phosphatidylinositol catabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells cultured in media containing inositol results in the release of glycerophosphoinositol (GroPIns) into the medium. As the extracellular concentration of inositol decreases with growth, the released GroPIns is transported back into the cell. Exploiting the ability of the inositol auxotroph, ino1, to use exogenous GroPIns as an inositol source, we have isolated mutants (Git−) defective in the uptake and metabolism of GroPIns. One mutant was found to be affected in the gene encoding the transcription factor, SPT7. Mutants of the positive regulatory gene INO2, but not of its partner, INO4, also have the Git− phenotype. Another mutant was complemented by a single open reading frame (ORF) termed GIT1 (glycerophosphoinositol). This ORF consists of 1556 bp predicted to encode a polypeptide of 518 amino acids and 57.3 kD. The predicted Git1p has similarity to a variety of S. cerevisiae transporters, including a phosphate transporter (Pho84p), and both inositol transporters (Itr1p and Itr2p). Furthermore, Git1p contains a sugar transport motif and 12 potential membrane-spanning domains. Transport assays performed on a git1 mutant together with the above evidence indicate that the GIT1 gene encodes a permease involved in the uptake of GroPIns.


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