Nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA coding for preproricin
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
- Vol. 148 (2), 265-270
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb08834.x
Abstract
The primary structure of a precursor protein that contains the toxic (A) and galactose‐binding (B) chains of the castor bean lectin, ricin, has been deduced from the nucleotide sequence of cloned DNA complementary to preproricin mRNA. A cDNA library was constructed using maturing castor bean endosperm poly(A)‐rich RNA enriched for lectin precursor mRNA by size fractionation. Clones containing lectin mRNA sequences were isolated by hybridization using as a probe a mixture of synthetic oligonucleotides representing all possible sequences for a peptide of the ricin B chain. The entire coding sequence of preproricin was deduced from two overlapping cDNA clones having inserts of 1614 and 1049 base pairs. The coding region (1695 base pairs) consists of a 24‐amino‐acid N‐terminal signal sequence (molecular mass 2836 Da) preceding the A chain (267 amino acids, molecular mass 29 399 Da), which is joined to the B chain (262 amino acids, molecular mass 28 517) by a 12‐amino‐acid linking region (molecular mass 1385 Da).Keywords
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