cDNA cloning of mouse ret proto-oncogene and its sequence similarity to the cadherin superfamily

Oncogene. 1993 Apr;8(4):1087-91.

Abstract

We report the nucleotide sequence of the mouse ret proto-oncogene (proto-ret) and the deduced amino acid sequence. It encodes a transmembrane tyrosine kinase of 1115 amino acids that shows 83% homology with the human proto-Ret protein. The amino acid sequence revealed that the structures of the extracellular domain as well as the tyrosine kinase domain are similar in human and mouse proto-Ret proteins. Interestingly, the extracellular domains of both human and mouse proto-Ret proteins contain a cadherin-related sequence that is known to be important for Ca(2+)-dependent homophilic binding of the cadherins. When we examined transcription of the proto-ret gene in a variety of mouse tissues, it was detected in lymph nodes of C3H/HeJ-gld/gld mice and in normal mouse spinal cord. Furthermore, its transcription was found in the Neuro-2a mouse neuroblastoma cell line but not in 13 other rodent cell lines surveyed. Western blot analysis showed that proto-Ret proteins are expressed as 140-kDa and 160-kDa glycoproteins in Neuro-2a cells.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cadherins / genetics
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA / genetics
  • Drosophila Proteins*
  • Gene Expression
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Multigene Family
  • Proto-Oncogene Mas
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
  • Proto-Oncogenes*
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases*
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Cadherins
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • MAS1 protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Mas
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • DNA
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Ret protein, Drosophila
  • Ret protein, mouse