Cloning, expression and sequence analysis of cDNA for the Ca super(2+)-binding photoprotein, mitrocomin

The primary structure of mitrocomin consists of 190 amino acid residues, with three Ca super(2+)-binding sites and a tyrosine residue at the C-terminus. Mitrocomin shows an amino acid sequence homology of 67.9% and 60.7% when compared with aequorin and clytin, respectively. The amino acid residues C...

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Published in:	FEBS letters Vol. 333; no. 3; pp. 301 - 305
Main Authors:	Fagan, T F, Ohmiya, Y, Blinks, J R, Inouye, S, Tsuji, F I
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-01-1993
Subjects:	Cnidaria Halistaura Hydrozoa Marine
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Summary:	The primary structure of mitrocomin consists of 190 amino acid residues, with three Ca super(2+)-binding sites and a tyrosine residue at the C-terminus. Mitrocomin shows an amino acid sequence homology of 67.9% and 60.7% when compared with aequorin and clytin, respectively. The amino acid residues Cys super(152), His super(58), His super(169), Trp super(12), Trp super(86), Trp super(108), Trp super(129) and Trp super(173) are conserved in all three photoproteins, suggesting that they play a role in light emission.
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ISSN:	0014-5793