Organization of the rat gamma-fibrinogen gene: alternative mRNA splice patterns produce the gamma A and gamma B (gamma ') chains of fibrinogen
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Organization of the rat gamma-fibrinogen gene: alternative mRNA splice patterns produce the gamma A and gamma B (gamma ') chains of fibrinogen
Abstract
In a variety of species, including rodents and man, the gamma chain of fibrinogen consists of two nonallelic forms, called gamma A and gamma B, or gamma and gamma '. We have found that these two fibrinogen gamma chains in the rat arise by translation of two mRNAs of 1700 and 2200 nucleotides, which are produced from a single gene by alternative splice patterns. The more abundant, gamma A chain mRNA is 1561 nucleotides long, excluding the polyadenylated region, and encodes a protein 83% homologous with the human gamma A chain. A hydrophobic "signal" polypeptide of 25 amino acids is present at the amino terminus. The gamma B (gamma ') mRNA is identical with the gamma A sequence with the exception of a 513 bp insert located 202 bp from the poly(A) extension. This 513 bp insert is identical to the seventh and final intron of the gamma-fibrinogen gene, and is located four codons prior to the termination codon for the gamma A chain. Translation into this sequence produces a unique 12 amino acid carboxylterminus in the rat gamma B (gamma ') polypeptide that is homologous with the known carboxylterminus of the human gamma B (gamma ') chain.
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