SEQUENCE AND EXPRESSION OF A MONKEY TESTICULAR TRANSCRIPT ENCODING TMDC-I, A NOVEL MEMBER OF THE METALLOPROTEINASE-LIKE, DISINTEGRIN-LIKE, CYSTEINE-RICH (MDC) PROTEIN FAMILY
Full-length clones encoding a novel member of the metalloproteinase-like, disintegrin-like, cysteine-rich (MDC) family of proteins have been isolated from a monkey (Macaca fascicular-is) testicular cDNA library. The encoded putative 82 kDa transmembrane protein (tMDC I) shows striking sequence similarity to other members of the MDC family including rat and monkey EAP I, guinea-pig PH-30 and human MDC protein, as well as a number of snake venom components.