Identification of a cDNA clone coding for the acetylcholine binding subunit of Torpedo marmorata acetylcholine receptor.
AUTOR(ES)
Giraudat, J
RESUMO
A recombinant DNA plasmid has been constructed that contains sequences of the gene coding for the acetylcholine binding subunit (alpha-subunit, 40 000 daltons) of Torpedo marmorata acetylcholine receptor protein (AChR). Polyadenylated RNA purified from Torpedo electric organ was used to construct a cDNA library. The AChR alpha-subunit cDNA clone was then identified by a two-step screening of 700 recombinant clones. As AChR is present in Torpedo electric organ but not in Torpedo liver or spleen, differential screening led to the selection of 12 clones specific for the electric organ. We then tested the ability of cDNA inserts to hybridize alpha-subunit mRNA specifically, as judged by cell-free translation and immunoprecipitation. The insert from one clone, p alpha-1, selectively hybridized with a mRNA species which elicited the synthesis of a 38 000 mol. wt. polypeptide. This polypeptide was precipitated by: (1) a rabbit serum raised against purified denatured alpha-subunit (the pure alpha-subunit displaced the complex); and (2) a rat monoclonal antibody specific for the denatured alpha-subunit. It was thus identified as a precursor of the alpha chain. Blot hybridization analysis of polyadenylated RNA from Torpedo electric organ with the p alpha-1 probe revealed a major species of 2.0 kb, which thus contains approximately 800 non-coding nucleotides.
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