MOLECULAR-CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF MOUSE AND HUMAN CDNA-ENCODING AESAND ESG PROTEINS WITH STRONG SIMILARITY TO DROSOPHILA ENHANCER OF SPLIT GROUCHO PROTEIN
H. Miyasaka et al., MOLECULAR-CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF MOUSE AND HUMAN CDNA-ENCODING AESAND ESG PROTEINS WITH STRONG SIMILARITY TO DROSOPHILA ENHANCER OF SPLIT GROUCHO PROTEIN, European journal of biochemistry, 216(1), 1993, pp. 343-352
Mouse and human cDNA encoding AES (amino-terminal enhancer of split) a
nd ESG (enhancer of split groucho) proteins with strong similarity to
Drosophila enhancer of split groucho protein were isolated and sequenc
ed. Mouse AES-1 and AES-2 proteins, probably resulting from alternativ
e splicing, contain 202 and 196 amino acids, respectively, while mouse
ESG protein consists of 771 amino acids. The amino acid sequences of
mouse and human AES proteins were found to exhibit approximately 50% i
dentity to the amino-terminal region of Drosophila groucho, mouse ESG
and human transducin-like enhancer of split (TLE) proteins. Mouse AES
transcripts of 1.5 kb and 1.2 kb were abundantly expressed in muscle,
heart and brain. Human AES transcripts of 1.6 kb and 1.4 kb were predo
minantly present in muscle, heart and placenta. Mouse ESG (homolog of
human TLE 3) transcripts of 3.3 kb and 4.0 kb were found only in testi
s, while human TLE 1 transcripts of 4.5 kb was more abundant in muscle
and placenta compared to heart, brain, lung, liver, kidney and pancre
as. Human AES, TLE 1 and TLE 3 genes were mapped to chromosomes 19, 9
and 15, respectively, using human and Chinese hamster hybrid cell line
s.