SFA-1, a novel cellular gene induced by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1, is a member of the transmembrane 4 superfamily.
AUTOR(ES)
Hasegawa, H
RESUMO
A novel cellular gene termed SFA-1 was isolated by differential hybridization of a cDNA library, using probes obtained from an adult T-cell leukemia cell line in comparison with probes obtained from normal CD4+ T cells and the MOLT-4 cell line. The mRNA of the SFA-1 gene is approximately 1.6 kb in size and encodes a protein of 253 amino acids, containing four putative transmembrane domains, a number of cysteine residues, and one potential N-glycosylation site in a major hydrophilic region between the third and fourth transmembrane domains. Expression of the SFA-1 gene was either absent or present at a low level in lymphoid cells but was up-regulated after transformation by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 and transactivated by Tax. SFA-1 was broadly expressed in many human cell types and conserved in different species. Computer-aided comparison showed that SFA-1 had significant sequence homology and common structural features with members of the transmembrane 4 superfamily. SFA-1 antigen was detected as a 29-kDa membrane protein by immunoblotting, using anti-SFA-1 monoclonal antibody.
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