THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN GENE ENCODING PROTEIN GENE-PRODUCT 9.5 (PGP9.5), A NEURON-SPECIFIC UBIQUITIN C-TERMINAL HYDROLASE

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DAY, INM
HINKS, LJ
THOMPSON, RJ
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英国惠康基金;
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10.1042/bj2680521
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Database search using a bovine thymus ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase sequence indicated 54% sequence identity with the abundant human neuron-specific protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5), which was then shown to posssess the same activity [Wilkinson, Lee, Deshpande, Duerksen-Hughes, Boss and Pohl (1989) Science 246, 670-673]. A yeast counterpart of the enzyme is also known. The human PGP9.5 gene, described here, spans 10 kb, contains nine exons and displays 5' features some common to many genes and some common with neurofilament neuron-specific enolase and Thy-1-antigen gene 5' regions.
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