7 results on '"J. F. Leykam"'
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2. Sex Peptides
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J. R. Miller, J. L. Spencer, A. J. Lentz, J. E. Keller, E. D. Walker, and J. F. Leykam
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- 1993
3. Cloning and characterization of cDNAs encoding the complete sequence of decay-accelerating factor of human complement
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Robert R. Getty, Mark L. Tykocinski, M E Medof, John P. Atkinson, D M Lublin, D J Ayers, J. F. Leykam, and V. M. Holers
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Biology ,Cell Line ,Serine ,Protein structure ,Complementary DNA ,Humans ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Cloning, Molecular ,Peptide sequence ,Decay-accelerating factor ,Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Complement Inactivator Proteins ,Multidisciplinary ,Base Sequence ,CD55 Antigens ,cDNA library ,Membrane Proteins ,RNA ,DNA ,Molecular biology ,Amino acid ,Genes ,Biochemistry ,chemistry ,Research Article ,HeLa Cells - Abstract
cDNAs encoding the complement decay-accelerating factor (DAF) were isolated from HeLa and differentiated HL-60 lambda gt cDNA libraries by screening with a codon preference oligonucleotide corresponding to DAF NH2-terminal amino acids 3-14. The composite cDNA sequence showed a 347-amino acid protein preceded by an NH2-terminal leader peptide sequence. The translated sequence beginning at the DAF NH2 terminus encodes four contiguous approximately equal to 61-amino acid long repetitive units of internal homology. The repetitive regions contain four conserved cysteines, one proline, one glycine, one glycine/alanine, four leucines/isoleucines/valines, one serine, three tyrosines/phenylalanines, and one tryptophan and show striking homology to similar regions previously identified in factor B, C2, C4 binding protein, factor H, C1r, factor XIII, interleukin 2 receptor, and serum beta 2-glycoprotein I. The consensus repeats are attached to a 70-amino acid long segment rich in serine and threonine (potential O-glycosylation sites), which is in turn followed by a stretch of hydrophobic amino acids. RNA blot analysis of HeLa and HL-60 RNA revealed three DAF mRNA species of 3.1, 2.7, and 2.0 kilobases. The results indicate that portions of the DAF gene may have evolved from a DNA element common to the above proteins, that DAF cDNA predicts a COOH-terminal anchoring polypeptide, and that distinct species of DAF message are elaborated in cells.
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- 1987
4. Isolation and structural characterization of a cDNA clone encoding rat gastric intrinsic factor
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Brian K. Dieckgraefe, J F Leykam, David H. Alpers, L Banaszak, and B Seetharam
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Intrinsic Factor ,Signal peptide ,Protein Conformation ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Biology ,Protein structure ,Parietal Cells, Gastric ,Complementary DNA ,Protein biosynthesis ,Animals ,Amino Acid Sequence ,RNA, Messenger ,Cloning, Molecular ,Codon ,Peptide sequence ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Multidisciplinary ,Base Sequence ,cDNA library ,DNA ,Molecular biology ,Protein tertiary structure ,Rats ,Amino acid ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Protein Biosynthesis ,Research Article - Abstract
Rat intrinsic factor (IF) has been purified and proteolytic fragments were sequenced. A cDNA library was constructed from size-enriched gastric poly(A)+ RNA and screened for IF-positive clones by antibody and synthetic oligodeoxynucleotide probe hybridization. An IF clone was isolated and sequenced, revealing a predicted primary amino acid sequence in the coding region of 421 amino acids and a putative signal sequence of 22 amino acids. The primary translation product of IF produced in a cell-free translation system displayed cobalamin (Cbl)-binding activity without proteolytic processing or glycosylation. The amino-terminal region of IF showed significant secondary structural and hydropathic homologies with the nucleotide-binding domain in NAD-dependent oxidoreductases. Alignment of the first 80 residues of IF, following the signal peptide, demonstrated homology with the nucleotide-binding domain of cytoplasmic malate dehydrogenase. Based on these data, we propose a model of IF tertiary structure in which the Cbl-binding domain resides in the NH2-terminal half of the protein.
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- 1988
5. Human complement C3b/C4b receptor (CR1) mRNA polymorphism that correlates with the CR1 allelic molecular weight polymorphism
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John P. Atkinson, B. A. Gruner, J. F. Leykam, V. M. Holers, Vijaya Kumar, and David D. Chaplin
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Biology ,Gene product ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Complementary DNA ,Humans ,Amino Acid Sequence ,RNA, Messenger ,Peptide sequence ,Gene ,Alleles ,Genetics ,Multidisciplinary ,Polymorphism, Genetic ,Base Sequence ,Oligonucleotide ,RNA ,Complement C3 ,DNA Restriction Enzymes ,Molecular biology ,Peptide Fragments ,Complement system ,Receptors, Complement ,chemistry ,Genes ,Receptors, Complement 3b ,DNA ,Research Article - Abstract
The human C3b/C4b receptor (CR1) is a Mr approximately equal to 200,000 single-chain integral membrane glycoprotein of human erythrocytes and leukocytes. It functions both as a receptor for C3b- and C4b-coated ligands and as a regulator of complement activation. Prior structural studies have defined an unusual molecular weight allelic polymorphism in which the allelic products differ in molecular weight by as much as 90,000. On peripheral blood cells there is codominant expression of CR1 gene products of Mr 190,000 (A), 220,000 (B), 160,000 (C), and 250,000 (D). Results of prior biosynthetic and tryptic peptide mapping experiments have suggested that the most likely basis for the allelic molecular weight differences is at the polypeptide level. In order to define further the molecular basis for these molecular weight differences, human CR1 was purified to homogeneity, tryptic peptide fragments were isolated by HPLC and sequenced, oligonucleotide probes were prepared, and a CR1 cDNA was identified. A subclone of this CR1 cDNA was used as a probe of RNA blots of Epstein-Barr virus-transformed cell lines expressing the allelic variants. Each allelic variant encodes two distinct transcripts. A mRNA size polymorphism was identified that correlated with the gene product molecular weight polymorphism. This finding, in addition to a prior report of several homologous repeats in CR1, is consistent with the hypothesis that the molecular weight polymorphism is determined at the genomic level and may have been generated by unequal crossing-over.
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- 1987
6. Trypsin cleaves lysylproline in a hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein from Zea mays
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M J, Kieliszewski, J F, Leykam, and D T, Lamport
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Hydroxyproline ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Chymotrypsin ,Trypsin ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Dipeptides ,Zea mays ,Peptide Fragments ,Glycoproteins ,Substrate Specificity - Abstract
Although trypsin is highly specific for lysyl and arginyl bonds, some peptide bonds, such as lysylproline, are generally trypsin-resistant, with rare exceptions as reported here. Trypsin cleaved a specific Lys-Pro bond in the chymotryptic peptide: Thr-Hyp-Ser-Hyp-Lys-Pro-Hyp-Thr-Pro-Lys-Pro-Thr-Hyp-Hyp-Thr-Tyr isolated from a Zea mays hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein (HRGP). The daughter peptides, Thr-Hyp-Ser-Hyp-Lys-Pro-Hyp-Thr-Pro-Lys and Pro-Thr-Hyp-Hyp-Thr-Tyr, show cleavage of only one of the two Lys-Pro bonds in the parent peptide. From these and other data we suggest that there are two prerequisites for Lys-Pro cleavage: First, an extended helix characteristically present in proline or hydroxyproline-rich proteins; second, flexibility in two residues flanking the Lys-Pro bond.
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- 1989
7. Natural and Engineered Pest Management Agents
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PAUL A. HEDIN, JULIUS J. MENN, ROBERT M. HOLLINGWORTH, BRUCE D. HAMMOCK, Koji Nakanishi, Richard J. Stonard, Stephen W. Ayer, John J. Kotyk, Leo J. Letendre, Carolyn I. McGary, Thomas E. Nickson, Ngo LeVan, Paul B. Lavrik, John M. Clough, David A. Evans, Paul J. de Fraine, Torquil E. M. Fraser, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, David Youle, H. Mrozik, Shuji Takahashi, Mutsuo Nakajima, Takeshi Kinoshita, Hideyuki Haruyama, Soji Sugai, Toyokuni Honma, Sadao Sato, Tatsuo Haneishi, Horace G. Cutler, Dale J. Hansen, John Cuomo, Mamunur Khan, Rex T. Gallagher, William P. Ellenberger, Phillip R. Jefferies, John E. Casida, Muraleedharan G. Nair, Pierre Escoubas, Labunmi Lajide, Junya Mizutani, R. F. Severson, R. V. W. Eckel, D. M. Jackson, V. A. Sisson, M. G. Stephenson, Edward P. Masler, J. R. Miller, J. L. Spencer, A. J. Lentz, J. E. Keller, E. D. Walker, J. F. Leykam, Ronald J. Nachman, Jefferson W. Tilley, Timothy K. Hayes, G. Mark Holman, Ross C. Beier, Robert B. Harris, Jun ling You, Saskia C. F. Milton, Raymond C.DeLisle Milton, N. S. Rangaraju, Christop, PAUL A. HEDIN, JULIUS J. MENN, ROBERT M. HOLLINGWORTH, BRUCE D. HAMMOCK, Koji Nakanishi, Richard J. Stonard, Stephen W. Ayer, John J. Kotyk, Leo J. Letendre, Carolyn I. McGary, Thomas E. Nickson, Ngo LeVan, Paul B. Lavrik, John M. Clough, David A. Evans, Paul J. de Fraine, Torquil E. M. Fraser, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, David Youle, H. Mrozik, Shuji Takahashi, Mutsuo Nakajima, Takeshi Kinoshita, Hideyuki Haruyama, Soji Sugai, Toyokuni Honma, Sadao Sato, Tatsuo Haneishi, Horace G. Cutler, Dale J. Hansen, John Cuomo, Mamunur Khan, Rex T. Gallagher, William P. Ellenberger, Phillip R. Jefferies, John E. Casida, Muraleedharan G. Nair, Pierre Escoubas, Labunmi Lajide, Junya Mizutani, R. F. Severson, R. V. W. Eckel, D. M. Jackson, V. A. Sisson, M. G. Stephenson, Edward P. Masler, J. R. Miller, J. L. Spencer, A. J. Lentz, J. E. Keller, E. D. Walker, J. F. Leykam, Ronald J. Nachman, Jefferson W. Tilley, Timothy K. Hayes, G. Mark Holman, Ross C. Beier, Robert B. Harris, Jun ling You, Saskia C. F. Milton, Raymond C.DeLisle Milton, N. S. Rangaraju, and Christop
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- Natural pesticides--Congresses
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- 1993
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