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Structural isoforms of a membrane transport protein from Leishmania enriettii.

ABSTRACT: A membrane transport protein of the glucose transporter superfamily from Leishmania enriettii is encoded by a family of tandemly repeated genes. The first gene in this tandem repeat codes for a structural isoform that contains a unique amino-terminal hydrophilic domain, probably located in the cytoplasm; the remainder of the protein is identical to the polypeptide encoded by the internal genes in the tandem repeat. The unique isoform is represented by a distinct stable RNA.

SUBMITTER: Stack SP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC362959 | biostudies-other | 1990 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Structural isoforms of a membrane transport protein from Leishmania enriettii.

Stack S P SP Stein D A DA Landfear S M SM

Molecular and cellular biology 19901201 12

A membrane transport protein of the glucose transporter superfamily from Leishmania enriettii is encoded by a family of tandemly repeated genes. The first gene in this tandem repeat codes for a structural isoform that contains a unique amino-terminal hydrophilic domain, probably located in the cytoplasm; the remainder of the protein is identical to the polypeptide encoded by the internal genes in the tandem repeat. The unique isoform is represented by a distinct stable RNA. ...[more]

PMID: 1701025

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