Publication Date:
1994-01-07
Description:
Heterotrimeric guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins (G proteins) may participate in membrane traffic events. A complementary DNA (cDNA) was isolated from a mouse pituitary cDNA library that corresponded to an alternatively spliced form of the gene encoding the G protein alpha subunit G alpha i2. The cDNA was identical to that encoding G alpha i2 except that the region encoding for the carboxyl-terminal 24 amino acids was replaced by a longer region encoding 35 amino acids that have no sequence similarity with G alpha i2 or other members of the G protein family. This alternative spliced product and the corresponding protein (sGi2) were present in several tissues. Specific antibodies revealed that sGi2 was localized in the Golgi apparatus, suggesting a role in membrane transport. Thus, alternative splicing may generate from a single gene two G protein alpha subunits with differential cellular localization and function.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Montmayeur, J P -- Borrelli, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Jan 7;263(5143):95-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratoire de Genetique Moleculaire des Eucaryotes, CNRS, INSERM U184, Faculte de Medecine, Strasbourg, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8272874" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Alternative Splicing
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Cell Line
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Cell Membrane/metabolism
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Coatomer Protein
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DNA, Complementary/genetics
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GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunit, Gi2
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*GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go
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GTP-Binding Proteins/analysis/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Golgi Apparatus/chemistry/*metabolism
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Mice
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Microtubule-Associated Proteins/analysis
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Oncogene Proteins/analysis/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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*Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
