PKD2, a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein

T Mochizuki, G Wu, T Hayashi, SL Xenophontos… - Science, 1996 - science.org
T Mochizuki, G Wu, T Hayashi, SL Xenophontos, B Veldhuisen, JJ Saris, DM Reynolds
Science, 1996science.org
A second gene for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease was identified by
positional cloning. Nonsense mutations in this gene (PKD2) segregated with the disease in
three PKD2 families. The predicted 968-amino acid sequence of the PKD2 gene product has
six transmembrane spans with intracellular amino-and carboxyl-termini. The PKD2 protein
has amino acid similarity with PKD1, the Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of PKD1, and the
family of voltage-activated calcium (and sodium) channels, and it contains a potential …
A second gene for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease was identified by positional cloning. Nonsense mutations in this gene (PKD2) segregated with the disease in three PKD2 families. The predicted 968-amino acid sequence of the PKD2 gene product has six transmembrane spans with intracellular amino- and carboxyl-termini. The PKD2 protein has amino acid similarity with PKD1, the Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of PKD1, and the family of voltage-activated calcium (and sodium) channels, and it contains a potential calcium-binding domain.
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