Characterization of DRP2, a novel human dystrophin homologue
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Genetics
- Vol. 13 (2), 223-226
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0696-223
Abstract
The currently recognised dystrophin protein family comprises the archetype, dystrophin, its close relative, utrophin or dystrophin-related protein (DRP), and a distantly related protein known as the 87K tyrosine kinase substrate. During the course of a phylogenetic study of sequences encoding the characteristic C-terminal domains of dystrophin-related proteins, we identified an unexpected novel class of vertebrate dystrophin-related sequences. We term this class dystrophin-related protein 2 (DRP2), and suggest that utrophin/DRP be renamed DRP1 to simplify future nomenclature. DRP2 is a relatively small protein, encoded in man by a 45 kb gene localized to Xq22. It is expressed principally in the brain and spinal cord, and is similar in overall structure to the Dp116 dystrophin isoform. The discovery of a novel relative of dystrophin substantially broadens the scope for study of this interesting group of proteins and their associated glycoprotein complexes.Keywords
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