ACTIVIN RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASES, PROTEINS HAVING SERINE THREONINE KINASE DOMAINS AND THEIR USE

Abstract: A new receptor family has been identified, of activin-like kinases. Novel proteins have activin/TGF- beta -type I receptor functionality, and have consequential diagnostic/therapeutic utility. They may have a serine/threonine kinase domain, a DFKSRN or DLKSKN sequence in subdomain VIB and/or a GTKRYM sequence in subdomain VIII.

Description: ACTIVIN RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASES, PROTEINS HAVING SERINE THREONINE KINASE DOMAINS AND THEIR USE. ************ Field of the Invention This invention relates to proteins having serine/threonine inase domains, corresponding nucleic acid molecules, and their use. Background of the Invention The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily consists of a family of structurally-related proteins, including three different mammalian isofor s of TGF-3 (TGF- βl, β2 and β3) , activins, inhibins, miillerian-inhibiting substance and bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) (for reviews see Roberts and Sporn, (1990) Peptide Growth Factors and Their Receptors, Pt.l, Sporn and Roberts, eds. (Berlin: Springer - Verlag) pp 419-472; Moses et al (1990) Cell 63., 245-247) . The proteins of the TGF-β superfamily have a wide variety of biological activities. TGF-β acts as a growth inhibitor for many cell types and appears to play a central role in the regulation of embryonic development, tissue regeneration, immuno-regulation, as well as in fibrosis and carcinogenesis (Roberts and Sporn (199) see above) . Activins and inhibins were originally identified as factors which regulate secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone secretion (Vale et al (1990) Peptide Growth Factors and Their Receptors, Pt.2, Sporn and Roberts, eds. (Berlin: Springer-Verlag) pp.211-248). Activins were also shown to induce the differentiation of haematopoietic progenitor cells (Murata et aJL (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 2434 - 2438; Eto et a_l (1987) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com un. 142. 1095-1103) and induce mesoderm formation in Xenopus embryos (Smith et al (1990) Nature 345. 729-731; van den Eijnden-Van Raaij et al (1990) Nature 345. 732- 734) . BMPs or osteogenic proteins which induce the formation of bone and cartilage when implanted subcutaneously (Wozney et al (1988) Science 242, 1528-1534), facilitate neuronal differentiation (Paralkar et al (1992) J. Cell Biol. 119. 1721-1728) and induce monocyte chemotaxis (Cunningham et al (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81, 11740-11744). Miillerian-inhibiting substance induces regression of the Miillerian duct in the male reproductive system (Cate et al (1986) Cell 45_, 685-698), and a glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor enhances survival of midbrain dopa inergic neurons (Lin et al (1993) Science 260. 1130- 1132) . The action of these growth factors is mediated through binding to specific cell surface receptors. Within this family, TGF-β receptors have been most thoroughly characterized. By covalently cross-linking radio-labelled TGF-β to cell surface molecules followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the affinity-labelled complexes, three distinct size classes of cell surface proteins (in most cases) have been identified, denoted receptor type I (53 kd) , type II (75 kd) , type III or betaglycan (a 300 kd proteoglycan with a 120 kd core protein) (for a review see Massague (1992) Cell €59. 1067- 1070) and more recently endoglin (a homodimer of two 95 kd subunits) (Cheifetz et al (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267 19027- 19030) . Current evidence suggests that type I and type II receptors are directly involved in receptor signal transduction (Seqarini et al (1989) Mol. Endo., 3., 261-272; Laiho et al (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266. 9100-9112) and may form a heteromeric complex; the type II receptor is needed for the binding of TGF-β to the type I receptor and the type I receptor is needed for the signal transduction induced by the type II receptor (Wrana et al (1992) Cell, 7JL, 1003-1004) . The type III receptor and endoglin may have more indirect roles, possibly by facilitating the binding of ligand to type II receptors (Wang et al (1991) Cell, 67 797-805; Lδpez-Casillas et a (1993) Cell, 7_3 1435-1444) . Binding analyses with activin A and BMP4 have led to the identification of two co-existing cross-linked affinity complexes of 50-60 kDa and 70-80 kDa on responsive cells (Hino et al (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264. / 10309 - 10314; Mathews and Vale (1991), Cell 68., 775-785; Paralker et al (1991) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87., 8913-8917). By analogy with TGF-β receptors they are thought to be signalling receptors and have been named type I and type II receptors. Among the type II receptors for the TGF-β superfamily of proteins, the cDNA for the activin type II receptor (Act RII) was the first to be cloned (Mathews and Vale (1991) Cell jy>, 973-982) . The predicted structure of the receptor was shown to be a transmembrane protein with an intracellular serine/threonine kinase domain. The activin receptor is related to the C. elegans daf-1 gene product, but the ligand is currently unknown (Georgi et al (1990) Cell 61, 635-645) . Thereafter, another form of the activin type II receptor (activin type IIB receptor) , of which there are different splicing variants (Mathews et a (1992), Science 225, 1702-1705; Attisano et al (1992) Cell 68, 97-108) , and the TGF-β type II receptor (TβRII) (Lin et al (1992) Cell 68, 775-785) were cloned, both of which have putative serine/threonine kinase domains. Summary of the Invention The present invention involves the discovery of related novel peptides, including peptides having the activity of those defined herein as SEQ ID Nos. 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Their discovery is based on the realisation that receptor serine/threonine kinases form a new receptor family, which may include the type II receptors for other proteins in the TGF-β superfamily. To ascertain whether there were other members of this family of receptors, a protocol was designed to clone ActRII/daf I related cDNAs. This approach made use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) , using degenerate primers based upon the a ino-acid sequence similarity between kinase domains of the mouse activin type II receptor and daf-I gene products. This strategy resulted in the isolation of a new family of receptor kinases called Activin receptor like kinases (ALK's) 1-6. These cDNAs showed an overall 33-39% sequence similarity with ActRII and TGF-β type II receptor and 40-92% sequence similarity towards each other in the kinase domains. Soluble receptors according to the invention comprise at least predominantly the extracellular domain. These can be selected from the information provided herein, prepared in conventional manner, and used in any manner associated with the invention. Antibodies to the peptides described herein may be raised in conventional manner. By selecting unique sequences of the peptides, antibodies having desired specificity can be obtained. The antibodies may be monoclonal, prepared in known manner. In particular, monoclonal antibodies to the extracellular domain are of potential value in therapy. Products of the invention are useful in diagnostic methods, e.g. to determine the presence in a sample for an analyte binding therewith, such as in an antagonist assay. Conventional techniques, e.g. an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, may be used. Products of the invention having a specific receptor activity can be used in therapy, e.g. to modulate conditions associated with activin or TGF-0 activity. Such conditions include fibrosis, e.g. liver cirrhosis and pulmonary fibrosis, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and glomeronephritis. Brief Description of the Drawings Figure 1 shows the alignment of the serine/threonine (S/T) kinase domains (I-VIII) of related receptors from transmembrane proteins, including embodiments of the present invention. The nomenclature of the subdomains is accordingly to Hanks et ai (1988) . Figures 2A to 2D shows the sequences and characteristics of the respective primers used in the initial PCR reactions. The nucleic acid sequences are also given as SEQ ID Nos. 19 to 22. Figure 3 is a comparison of the a ino-acid sequences of human activin type II receptor (Act R-II) , mouse activin type IIB receptor (Act R-IIB) , human TGF-β type II receptor (TBR-II) , human TGF-β type I receptor (ALK-5) , human activin receptor type IA (ALK-2) , and type IB (ALK-4) , ALKs 1 & 3 and mouse ALK-6. Figure 4 shows, schematically, the structures for Daf- 1, Act R-II, Act R-IIB, TβR-II, TβR-I/ALK-5, ALK's -1, -2 (Act RIA), -3, -4 (Act RIB) & -6. Figure 5 shows the sequence alignment of the cysteine- rich domains of the ALKs, TBR-II, Act R-II, Act R-IIB and daf-1 receptors. Figure 6 is a comparison of kinase domains of serine/threonine kinases, showing the percentage amino-acid identity of the kinase domains. Figure 7 shows the pairwise alignment relationship between the kinase domains of the receptor serine/threonine kinases. The dendrogr-am was generated using the Jotun-Hein alignment program (Hein (1990) Meth. Enzymol. 183. 626- 645) . Brief Description of the Secruence Listings Sequences 1 and 2 are the nucleotide and deduced amino-acid sequences of cDNA for hALK-1 (clone HP57) . Sequences 3 and 4 are the nucleotide and deduced amino-acid sequences of cDNA for hALK-2 (clone HP53) . Sequences 5 and 6 are the nucleotide and deduced amino-acid sequences of cDNA for hALK-3 (clone ONF5) . Sequences 7 and 8 the nucleotide and deduced amino- acid sequences of cDNA for hALK-4 (clone 11H8) , complemented with PCR product encoding extracellular domain. Sequences 9 and 10 are the nucleotide and deduced amino-acid sequences of cDNA for hALK-5 (clone EMBLA) . Sequences 11 and 12 are the nucleotide and deduced amino-acid sequences of cDNA for mALK-1 (clone AM6) . Sequences 13 and 14 are the nucleotide and deduced amino-acid sequences of cDNA for mALK-3 (clones ME-7 and ME-D) . Sequences 15 and 16 are the nucleotide and deduced amino-acid sequences of cDNA for mALK-4 (clone 8al) . Sequences 17 and 18 are the nucleotide and deduced amino-acid sequences of cDNA for mALK-6 (clone ME-6) . Sequence 19 (Bl-S) is a sense primer, extracellular domain, cysteine-rich region, BamHI site at 5' end, 28-mer, 64-fold degeneracy. Sequence 20 (B3-S) is a sense primer, kinase domain II, BamHI site at 5' end, 25-mer, 162-fold degeneracy. Sequence 21 (B7-S) is a sense primer, kinase domain VIB, S/T kinase specific residues, BamHI site at 5' end, 24-mer, 288-fold degeneracy. Sequence 22 (E8-AS) is an anti-sense primer, kinase domain, S/T kinase-specific residues EcoRI site at 5' end, 20-mer, 18-fold degeneracy. Sequence 23 is an oligonucleotide probe. Sequence 24 is a 5' primer. Sequence 25 is a 3' primer. Sequence 26 is a consensus sequence in Subdomain I. Sequences 27 and 28 are novel sequence motifs in Subdomain VIB. Sequence 29 is a novel sequence motif in Subdomain VIII. Description of the Invention As described in more detail below, nucleic acid sequences have been isolated, coding for a new sub-family of serine/threonine receptor kinases. The term nucleic acid molecules as used herein refers to any sequence which codes for the murine, human or mammalian form, amino-acid sequences of which are presented herein. It is understood that the well known phenomenon of codon degeneracy provides for a great deal of sequence variation and all such varieties are included within the scope of this invention. The nucleic acid sequences described herein may be used to clone the respective genomic DNA sequences in order to study the genes' structure and regulation. The murine and human cDNA or genomic sequences can also be used to isolate the homologous genes from other mammalian species. The mammalian DNA sequences can be used to study the receptors' functions in various in vitro and in vivo model systems. As exemplified below for ALK-5 cDNA, it is also recognised that, given the sequence information provided herein, the artisan could easily combine the molecules with a pertinent promoter in a vector, so as to produce a cloning vehicle for expression of the molecule. The promoter and coding molecule must be operably linked via any of the well-recognized and easily-practised methodologies for so doing. The resulting vectors, as well as the isolated nucleic acid molecules themselves, may be used to transform prokaryotic cells (e.g. E. coli) , or transfect eukaryotes such as yeast (£3. cerevisiae) , PAE, COS or CHO cell lines. Other appropriate expression systems will also be apparent to the skilled artisan. Several methods may be used to isolate the ligands for the ALKs. As shown for ALK-5 cDNA, cDNA clones encoding the active open reading frames can be subcloned into expression vectors and transfected into eukaryotic cells, for example COS cells. The transfected cells which can express the receptor can be subjected to binding assays for radioactively-labelled members of the TGF-β superfamily (TGF-β, activins, inhibins, bone morphogenic proteins and miillerian-inhibiting substances) , as it may be expected that the receptors will bind members of the TGF-β superfamily. Various biochemical or cell-based assays can be designed to identify the ligands, in tissue extracts or conditioned media, for receptors in which a ligand is not known. Antibodies raised to the receptors may also be used to identify the ligands, using the immunoprecipitation of the cross-linked complexes. Alternatively, purified receptor could be used to isolate the ligands using an affinity-based approach. The determination of the expression patterns of the receptors may also aid in the isolation of the ligand. These studies may be carried out using ALK DNA or RNA sequences as probes to perform in situ hybridisation studies. The use of various model systems or structural studies should enable the rational development of specific agonists and antagonists useful in regulating receptor function. It may be envisaged that these can be peptides, mutated ligands, antibodies or other molecules able to interact with the receptors. The foregoing provides examples of the invention Applicants intend to claim which includes, inter alia, isolated nucleic acid molecules coding for activin receptor-like kinases (ALKs) , as defined herein. These include such sequences isolated from mammalian species such as mouse, human, rat, rabbit and monkey. The following description relates to specific embodiments. It will be understood that the specification and examples are illustrative but not limitative of the present invention and that other embodiments within the spirit and scope of the invention will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art. Preparation of mRNA and Construction of a cDNA Library For construction of a cDNA library, poly (A) + RNA was isolated from a human erythroleukemia cell line (HEL 92.1.7) obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC TIB 180) . These cells were chosen as they have been shown to respond to both activin and TGF-β. Moreover leukaemic cells have proved to be rich sources for the cloning of novel receptor tyrosine kinases (Partanen e£ al (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82, 8913-8917 and (1992) Mol. Cell. Biol. 12, 1698-1707). (Total) RNA was prepared by the guanidinium isothiocyanate method (Chirgwin et al (1979) Biochemistry 18., 5294-5299). mRNA was selected using the poly-A or poly AT tract mRNA isolation kit (Promega, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) as described by the manufacturers, or purified through an oligo (dT)-cellulose column as described by Aviv and Leder (1972) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA £9., 1408-1412. The isolated mRNA was used for the synthesis of random primed (Amersham) cDNA, that was used to make a λgtlO library with 1x10 s independent cDNA clones using the Riboclone cDNA synthesis system (Promega) and λgtlO in vitro packaging kit (Amersham) according to the manufacturers' procedures. An amplified oligo (dT) primed human placenta λZAPII cDNA library of 5xl0 5 independent clones was used. Poly (A) + RNA isolated from AG1518 human foreskin fibroblasts was used to prepare a primary random primed λZAPII cDNA library of 1.5xl0 6 independent clones using the Riboclone cDNA synthesis system and Gigapack Gold II packaging extract (Stratagene) . In addition, a primary oligo (dT) primed human foreskin fibroblast λgtlO cDNA library (Claesson-Welsh et al (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. ∑£ 4917-4912) was prepared. An amplified oligo (dT) primed HEL cell λgtll cDNA library of 1.5 X 10 independent clones (Poncz et al (1987) Blood <59. 219-223) was used. A twelve-day mouse embryo λEXIox cDNA library was obtained from Novagen (Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.); a mouse placenta λZAPII cDNA library was also used. Generation of cDNA Probes by PCR For the generation of cDNA probes by PCR (Lee et al (1988) Science 239. 1288-1291) degenerate PCR primers were constructed based upon the amino-acid sequence similarity between the mouse activin type II receptor (Mathews and Vale (1991) Cell 65, 973-982) and daf-1 (George et al (1990) Cell 1, 635-645) in the kinase domains II and VIII. Figure 1 shows the aligned serine/threonine kinase domains (I-VIII) , of four related receptors of the TGF-β superfamily, i.e. hTβR-II, mActR-IIB, mActR-II and the daf- 1 gene product, using the nomenclature of the subdomains according to Hanks et ai (1988) Science 241. 45-52. Several considerations were applied in the design of the PCR primers. The sequences were taken from regions of homology between the activin type II receptor and the daf-1 gene product, with particular emphasis on residues that confer serine/threonine specificity (see Table 2) and on residues that are shared by transmembrane kinase proteins and not by cytoplasmic kinases. The primers were designed so that each primer of a PCR set had an approximately similar GC composition, and so that self complementarity and complementarity between the 3' ends of the primer sets were avoided. Degeneracy of the primers was kept as low as possible, in particular avoiding serine, leucine and arginine residues (6 possible codons) , and human codon preference was applied. Degeneracy was particularly avoided at the 3' end as, unlike the 5' end, where mismatches are tolerated, mismatches at the 3' end dramatically reduce the efficiency of PCR. In order to facilitate directional subcloning, restriction enzyme sites were included at the 5' end of the primers, with a GC clamp, which permits efficient restriction enzyme digestion. The primers utilised are shown in Figure 2. Oligonucleotides were synthesized using Gene assembler plus (Pharmacia - LKB) according to the manufacturers instructions. ' The mRNA prepared from HEL cells as described above was reverse-transcribed into cDNA in the presence of 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.3, 8 mM MgCl 2 , 30 mM KC1, 10 mM dithiothreitol, 2mM nucleotide triphosphates, excess oligo (dT) primers and 34 units of AMV reverse transcriptase at 42°C for 2 hours in 40 μl of reaction volume. Amplification by PCR was carried out with a 7.5% aliquot (3 μl) of the reverse-transcribed mRNA, in the presence of 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.3, 50 mM KCl, 1.5 M MgCl,, 0.01% gelatin, 0.2 mM nucleotide triphosphates, 1 μM of both sense and antisense primers and 2.5 units of Taq polymerase (Perkin Elmer Cetus) in 100 μl reaction volume. Amplifications were performed on a thermal cycler (Perkin Elmer Cetus) using the following program: first 5 thermal cycles with denaturation for 1 minute at 94°C, annealing for 1 minute at 50°C, a 2 minute ramp to 55°C and elongation for 1 minute at 72°C, followed by 20 cycles of 1 minute at 94°C, 30 seconds at 55°C and 1 minute at 72°C. A second round of PCR was performed with 3 μl of the first reaction as a template. This involved 25 thermal cycles, each composed of 94°C (1 min), 55°C (0.5 min), 72°C (1 min). General procedures such as purification of nucleic acids, restriction enzyme digestion, gel electrophoresis, transfer of nucleic acid to solid supports and subcloning were performed essentially according to established procedures as described by Sambrook et al, (1989) , Molecular cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2 nd Ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA) . Samples of the PCR products were digested with BamHI and EσoRI and subsequently fractionated by low melting point agarose gel electrophoresis. Bands corresponding to the approximate expected sizes, (see Table 1: «460 bp for primer pair B3-S and E8-AS and « 140 bp for primer pair B7- S and E8-AS) were excised from the gel and the DNA was purified. Subsequently, these fragments were ligated into pUC19 (Yanisch-Perron et al (1985) Gene 33, 103-119), which had been previously linearised with BamHI and EcoRl and transformed into E. coli strain DH5α using standard protocols (Sambrook et al, supra) . Individual clones were sequenced using standard double-stranded sequencing techniques and the dideoxynucleotide chain termination method as described by Sanger et al (1977) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74., 5463-5467, and T7 DNA polymerase. Employing Reverse Transcriptase PCR on HEL mRNA with the primer pair B3-S and E8-AS, three PCR products were obtained, termed 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3, that corresponded to novel genes. Using the primer pair B7-S and E8-AS, an additional novel PCR product was obtained termed 5.2. TABLE 1 Isolation of cDNA Clones The PCR products obtained were used to screen various cDNA libraries described supra. Labelling of the inserts of PCR products was performed using random priming method (Feinberg and Vogelstein (1983) Anal. Biochem, 132 6-13) using the Megaprime DNA labelling system (Amersham) . The oligonucleotide derived from the sequence of the PCR product 5.2 was labelled by phosphorylation with T4 polynucleotide kinase following standard protocols (Sambrook et al, supra) . Hybridization and purification of positive bacteriophages were performed using standard molecular biological techniques. The double-stranded DNA clones were all sequenced using the dideoxynucleotide chain-termination method as described by Sanger et al, supra f using T7 DNA polymerase (Pharmacia - LKB) or Sequenase (U.S. Biochemical Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.). Compressions of nucleotides were resolved using 7-deaza-GTP (U.S. Biochemical Corp.) DNA sequences were analyzed using the DNA STAR computer program (DNA STAR Ltd. U.K.). Analyses of the sequences obtained revealed the existence of six distinct putative receptor serine/threonine kinases which have been named ALK 1-6. To clone cDNA for ALK-1 the oligo (dT) primed human placenta cDNA library was screened with a radiolabelled insert derived from the PCR product 11.3; based upon their restriction enzyme digestion patterns, three different types of clones with approximate insert sizes, of 1.7 kb, 2 kb & 3.5 kb were identified. The 2 kb clone, named HP57, was chosen as representative of this class and subjected to complete sequencing. Sequence analysis of ALK-1 revealed a sequence of 1984 nucleotides including a poly-A tail (SEQ ID No. 1) . The longest open reading frame encodes a protein of 503 amino-acids, with high sequence similarity to receptor serine/threonine kinases (see below) . The first methionine codon, the putative translation start site, is at nucleotide 283-285 and is preceded by an in-frame stop codon. This first ATG is in a more favourable context for translation initiation (Kozak (1987) Nucl. Acids Res., 15, 8125-8148) than the second and third in-frame ATG at nucleotides 316-318 and 325-327. The putative initiation codon is preceded by a 5' untranslated sequence of 282 nucleotides that is GC-rich (80% GC) , which is not uncommon for growth factor receptors (Kozak (1991) J. Cell Biol., 115. 887-903). The 3' untranslated sequence comprises 193 nucleotides and ends with a poly-A tail. No bona fide poly-A addition signal is found, but there is a sequence (AATACA) , 17-22 nucleotides upstream of the poly-A tail, which may serve as a poly-A addition signal. ALK-2 cDNA was cloned by screening an amplified oligo (dT) primed human placenta cDNA library with a radiolabelled insert derived from the PCR product 11.2. Two clones, termed HP53 and HP64, with insert sizes of 2.7 kb and 2.4 kb respectively, were identified and their sequences were determined. No sequence difference in the overlapping clones was found, suggesting they are both derived from transcripts of the same gene. Sequence analysis of cDNA clone HP53 (SEQ ID No. 3) revealed a sequence of 2719 nucleotides with a poly-A tail. The longest open reading frame encodes a protein of 509 amino-acids. The first ATG at nucleotides 104-106 agrees favourably with Kozak's consensus sequence with an A at position 3. This ATG is preceded in-frame by a stop codon. There are four ATG codons in close proximity further downstream, which agree with the Kozak's consensus sequence (Kozak, supra) , but according to Kozak's scanning model the first ATG is predicted to be the translation start site. The 5' untranslated sequence is 103 nucleotides. The 3' untranslated sequence of 1089 nucleotides contains a polyadenylation signal located 9-14 nucleotides upstream from the poly-A tail. The cDNA clone HP64 lacks 498 nucleotides from the 5' end compared to HP53, but the sequence extended at the 3' end with 190 nucleotides and poly-A tail is absent. This suggests that different polyadenylation sites occur for ALK-2. In Northern blots, however, only one transcript was detected (see below) . The cDNA for human ALK-3 was cloned by initially screening an oligo (dT) primed human foreskin fibroblast cDNA library with an oligonucleotide (SEQ ID No. 23) derived from the PCR product 5.2. One positive cDNA clone with an insert size of 3 kb, termed 0N11, was identified. However, upon partial sequencing, it appeared that this clone was incomplete; it encodes only part of the kinase domain and lacks the extracelluar domain. The most 5' sequence of 0N11, a 540 nucleotide Xbal restriction fragment encoding a truncated kinase domain, was subsequently used to probe a random primed fibroblast cDNA library from which one cDNA clone with an insert size of 3 kb, termed 0NF5, was isolated (SEQ ID No. 5). Sequence analysis of ONF5 revealed a sequence of 2932 nucleotides without a poly-A tail, suggesting that this clone was derived by internal priming. The longest open reading frame codes for a protein of 532 amino-acids. The first ATG codon which is compatible with Kozak's consensus sequence (Kozak, supra) , is at 310-312 nucleotides and is preceded by an in-frame stop codon. The 5' and 3' untranslated sequences are 309 and 1027 nucleotides long, respectively. ALK-4 cDNA was identified by screening a human oligo (dT) primed human erythroleukemia cDNA library with the radiolabelled insert of the PCR product 11.1 as a probe. One cDNA clone, termed 11H8, was identified with an insert size of 2 kb (SEQ ID No. 7) . An open reading frame was found encoding a protein sequence of 383 amino-acids encoding a truncated extracellular domain with high similarity to receptor serine/threonine kinases. The 3' untranslated sequence is 818 nucleotides and does not contain a poly-A tail, suggesting that the cDNA was internally primed. cDNA encoding the complete extracellular domain (nucleotides 1-366) was obtained from HEL ceils by RT-PCR with 5' primer (SEQ ID No. 24) derived in part from sequence at translation start site of SKR-2 (a cDNA sequence deposited in GenBank data base, accesion number L10125, that is identical in part to ALK-4) and 3' primer (SEQ ID No. 25) derived from 11H8 cDNA clone. ALK-5 was identified by screening the random primed HEL cell λgt 10 cDNA library with the PCR product 11.1 as a probe. This yielded one positive clone termed EMBLA (insert size of 5.3 kb with 2 internal EcoRI sites). Nucleotide sequencing revealed an open reading frame of 1509 bp, coding for 503 amino-acids. The open reading frame was flanked by a 5' untranslated sequence of 76 bp, and a 3' untranslated sequence of 3.7 kb which was not completely sequenced. The nucleotide and deduced amino- acid sequences of ALK-5 are shown in SEQ ID Nos. 9 and 10. In the 5' part of the open reading frame, only one ATG codon was found; this codon fulfils the rules of translation initiation (Kozak, supra) . An in-frame stop codon was found at nucleotides (-54)-(-52) in the 5' untranslated region. The predicted ATG start codon is followed by a stretch of hydrophobic amino-acid residues which has characteristics of a cleavable signal sequence. Therefore, the first ATG codon is likely to be used as a translation initiation site. A preferred cleavage site for the signal peptidase, according to von Heijne (1986) Nucl. Acid. Res. 14., 4683-4690, is located between amino-acid residues 24 and 25. The calculated molecular mass of the primary translated product of the ALK-5 without signal sequence is 53,646 Da. Screening of the mouse embryo λEX Iox cDNA library using PCR, product 11.1 as a probe yielded 20 positive clones. DNAs from the positive clones obtained from this library were digested with EcoRI and Hindlll, electrophoretically separated on a 1.3% agarose gel and transferred to nitrocellulose filters according to established procedures as described by Sambrook et al, supra. The filters were then hybridized with specific probes for human ALK-1 (nucleotide 288-670) , ALK-2 (nucleotide 1-581) , ALK-3 (nucleotide 79-824) or ALK-4 nucleotide 1178-1967) . Such analyses revealed that a clone termed ME-7 hybridised with the human ALK-3 probe. However, nucleotide sequencing revealed that this clone was incomplete, and lacked the 5' part of the translated region. Screening the same cDNA library with a probe corresponding to the extracelluar domain of human ALK-3 (nucleotides 79-824) revealed the clone ME-D. This clone was isolated and the sequence was analyzed. Although this clone was incomplete in the 3' end of the translated region, ME-7 and ME-D overlapped and together covered the complete sequence of mouse ALK-3. The predicted amino-acid sequence of mouse ALK-3 is very similar to the human sequence; only 8 amino-acid residues differ (98% identity; see SEQ ID No. 14) and the calculated molecular mass of the primary translated product without the putative signal sequence is 57,447 Da. Of the clones obtained from the initial library screening with PCR product 11.1, four clones hybridized to the probe corresponding to the conserved kinase domain of ALK-4 but not to probes from more divergent parts of ALK-1 to -4. Analysis of these clones revealed that they have an identical sequence which differs from those of ALK-1 to -5 and was termed ALK-6. The longest clone ME6 with a 2.0 kb insert was completely sequenced yielding a 1952 bp fragment consisting of an open reading frame of 1506 bp (502 amino- acids) , flanked by a 5' untranslated sequence of 186 bp, and a 3' untranslated sequence of 160 bp. The nucleotide and predicted amino-acid sequences of mouse ALK-6 are shown in SEQ ID Nos. 17 and 18. No polyadenylation signal was found in the 3' untranslated region of ME6, indicating that the cDNA was internally primed in the 3' end. Only one ATG codon was found in the 5' part of the open reading frame, which fulfils the rules for translation initiation (Kozak, supra) , and was preceded by an in-frame stop codon at nucleotides 163-165. However, a typical hydrophobic leader sequence was not observed at the N terminus of the translated region. Since there is no ATG codon and putative hydrophobic leader sequence, this ATG codon is likely to be used as a translation initiation site. The calculated molecular mass of the primary translated product with the putative signal sequence is 55,576 Da. Mouse ALK-1 (clone AM6 with 1.9 kb insert) was obtained from the mouse placenta λZAPII cDNA library using human ALK-1 cDNA as a probe (see SEQ ID No. 11). Mouse ALK-4 (clone 8al with 2.3kb insert) was also obtained from this library using human ALK-4 cDNA library as a probe (SEQ ID No. 15) . To summarise, clones HP22, HP57, ONF1, ONF3, ONF4 and HP29 encode the same gene, ALK-1. Clone AM6 encodes mouse ALK-1. HP53, HP64 and HP84 encode the same gene, ALK-2. ONF5, ONF2 and ON11 encode the same gene ALK-3. ME-7 and ME-D encode the mouse counterpart of human ALK-3. 11H8 encodes a different gene ALK-4, whilst 8al encodes the mouse equivalent. EMBLA encodes ALK-5, and ME-6 encodes ALK-6. The sequence alignment between the 6 ALK genes and TβR-II, mActR-II and ActR-IIB is shown in Figure 3. These molecules have a similar domain structure; an N-terminal predicted hydrophobic signal sequence (von Heijne (1986) Nucl. Acids Res.14.: 4683-4690) is followed by a relatively small extracellular cysteine-rich ligand binding domain, a single hydrophobic transmembrane region (Kyte & Doolittle (1982) J. Mol. Biol. 157. 105-132) and a C-terminal intracellular portion, which consists almost entirely of a kinase domain (Figures 3 and 4) . The extracelluar domains of these receptors have cysteine-rich regions, but they show little sequence similarity; for example, less than 20% sequence identity is found between Daf-1. ActR-II, TBR-II and ALK-5. The ALKs appear to form a subfamily as they show higher sequence similarities (15-47% identity) in their extracellular domains. The extracellular domains of ALK-5 and ALK-4 have about 29% sequence identity. In addition, ALK-3 and ALK-6 share a high degree of sequence similarity in their extracellular domains (46% identity) . The positions of many of the cysteine residues in all receptors can be aligned, suggesting that the extracellular domains may adopt a similar structural configuration. See Figure 5 for ALKs-1,-2,-3 &- 5. Each of the ALKs (except ALK-6) has a potential N-linked glycosylation site, the position of which is conserved between ALK-1 and ALK-2, and between ALK-3, ALK-4 and ALK-5 (see Figure 4). The sequence similarities in the kinase domains between daf-1. ActR-II, TβR-II and ALK-5 are approximately 40%, whereas the sequence similarity between the ALKs 1 to 6 is higher (between 59% and 90%; see Figure 6) . Pairwise comparison using the Jutun-Hein sequence alignment program (Hein (1990) Meth, Enzymol., 231 t 626-645), between all family members, identifies the ALKs as a separate subclass among serine/threonine kinases (Figure 7) . The catalytic domains of kinases can be divided into 12 subdomains with stretches of conserved amino-acid residues. The key motifs are found in serine/threonine kinase receptors suggesting that they are functional kinases. The consensus sequence for the binding of ATP (Gly-X-Gly-X-X-Gly in subdomain I followed by a Lys residue further downstream in subdomain II) is found in all the ALKs. The kinase domains of daf-1. ActR-II, and ALKs show approximately equal sequence similarity with tyrosine and serine/threonine protein kinases. However analysis of the amino-acid sequences in subdomains VI and VIII, which are the most useful to distinguish a specificity for phosphorylation of tyrosine residues versus serine/threonine residues (Hanks et al (1988) Science 241 42-52) indicates that these kinases are serine/threonine kinases; refer to Table 2. TABLE 2 The sequence motifs DLKSKN (Subdomain VIB) and GTKRYM (Subdomain VIII) , that are found in most of the serine/threonine kinase receptors, agree well with the consensus seguences for all protein serine/threonine kinase receptors in these regions. In addition, these receptors, except for ALK-1, do not have a tyrosine residue surrounded by acidic residues between subdomains VII and VIII, which is common for tyrosine kinases. A unique characteristic of the members of the ALK serine/threonine kinase receptor family is the presence of two short inserts in the kinase domain between subdomains VIA and VIB and between subdomains X and XI. In the intracellular domain, these regions, together with the juxtamembrane part and C- terminal tail, are the most divergent between family members (see Figures 3 and 4) . Based on the sequence similarity with the type II receptors for TGF-β and activin, the C termini of the kinase domains of ALKs -1 to -6 are set at Ser-495, Ser-501, Ser-527, Gln-500, Gln-498 and Ser-497, respectively. mRNA Expression The distribution of ALK-1, -2, -3, -4 was determined by Northern blot analysis. A Northern blot filter with mRNAs from different human tissues was obtained from Clontech (Palo Alto, C.A.). The filters were hybridized with 32 P-labelled probes at 42°C overnight in 50% formaldehyde, 5 x standard saline citrate (SSC; lxSSC is 50mM sodium citrate, pH 7.0, 150 mM NaCl), 0.1% SDS, 50 mM sodium phosphate, 5 x Denhardt's solution and 0.1 mg/ml salmon sperm DNA. In order to minimize cross- hybridization, probes were used that did not encode part of the kinase domains, but corresponded to the highly diverged sequences of either 5' untranslated and ligand-binding regions (probes for ALK-1, -2 and -3) or 3' untranslated sequences (probe for ALK-4) . The probes were labelled by random priming using the Multiprime (or Mega-prime) DNA labelling system and [α- 32 P] dCTP (Feinberg & Vogelstein (1983) Anal. Biochem. 132: 6-13) . Unincorporated label was removed by Sephadex G-25 chromatography. Filters were washed at 65°C, twice for 30 minutes in 2.5 x SSC, 0.1% SDS and twice for 30 minutes in 0.3 x SSC, 0.1% SDS before being exposed to X-ray film. Stripping of blots was performed by incubation at 90-l00°C in water for 20 minutes. The ALK-5 mRNA size and distribution were determined by Northern blot analysis as above. An EcoRl fragment of 980bp of the full length ALK-5 cDNA clone, corresponding to the C-terminal part of the kinase domain and 3' untranslated region (nucleotides 1259-2232 in SEQ ID No. 9) was used as a probe. The filter was washed twice in 0.5 x SSC, 0.1% SDS at 55°C for 15 minutes. Using the probe for ALK-1, two transcripts of 2.2 and 4.9kb were detected. The ALK-1 expression level varied strongly between different tissues, high in placenta and lung, moderate in heart, muscle and kidney, and low (to not detectable) in brain, liver and pancreas. The relative ratios between the two transcripts were similar in most tissues; in kidney, however, there was relatively more of the 4.9 kb transcript. By reprobing the blot with a probe for ALK-2, one transcript of 4.0 kb was detected with a ubiquitous expression pattern. Expression was detected in every tissue investigated and was highest in placenta and skeletal muscle. Subsequently the blot was reprobed for ALK-3. One major transcript of 4.4 kb and a minor transcript of 7.9 kb were detected. Expression was high in skeletal muscle, in which also an additional minor transcript of 10 kb was observed. Moderate levels of ALK-3 mRNA were detected in heart, placenta, kidney and pancreas, and low (to not detectable) expression was found in brain, lung and liver. The relative ratios between the different transcripts were similar in the tested tissues, the 4.4 kb transcript being the predominant one, with the exception for brain where both transcripts were expressed at a similar level. Probing the blot with ALK-4 indicated the presence of a transcript with the estimated size of 5.2 kb and revealed an ubiquitous expression pattern. The results of Northern blot analysis using the probe for ALK-5 showed that a 5.5 kb transcript is expressed in all human tissues tested, being most abundant in placenta and least abundant in brain and heart. The distribution of mRNA for mouse ALK-3 and -6 in various mouse tissues was also determined by Northern blot analysis. A multiple mouse tissue blot was obtained from Clontech, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A. The filter was hybridized as described above with probes for mouse ALK-3 and ALK-6. The EcoRI-PstI restriction fragment, corresponding to nucleotides 79-1100 of ALK-3, and the Sacl-Hoal fragment, corresponding to nucleotides 57-720 of ALK-6, were used as probes. The filter was washed at 65°C twice for 30 minutes in 2.5 x SSC, 0.1% SDS and twice for 30 minutes with 0.3 x SSC, 0.1% SDS and then subjected to autoradiography. Using the probe for mouse ALK-3, a 1.1 kb transcript was found only in spleen. By reprobing the blot with the ALK-6 specific probe, a transcript of 7.2 kb was found in brain and a weak signal was also seen in lung. No other signal was seen in the other tissues tested, i.e. heart, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney and testis. All detected transcript sizes were different, and thus no cross-reaction between mRNAs for the different ALKs was observed when the specific probes were used. This suggests that the multiple transcripts of ALK-1 and ALK-3 are coded from the same gene. The mechanism for generation of the different transcripts is unknown at present; they may be formed by alternative mRNA splicing, differential polyadenylation, use of different promotors, or by a combination of these events. Differences in mRNA splicing in the regions coding for the extracellular domains may lead to the synthesis of receptors with different affinities for ligands, as was shown for mActR-IIB (Attisano et al (1992) Cell 68, 97-108) or to the production of soluble binding protein. The above experiments describe the isolation of nucleic acid sequences coding for new family of human receptor kinases. The cDNA for ALK-5 was then used to determine the encoded protein size and binding properties. Properties of the AT.Ks cDNA Encoded Proteins To study the properties of the proteins encoded by the different ALK cDNAs, the cDNA for each ALK was subcloned into a eukaryotic expression vector and transfected into various cell types and then subjected to i munoprecipitation using a rabbit antiserum raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to part of the intracellular juxtamembrane region. This region is divergent in sequence between the various serine/threonine kinase receptors. The following amino-acid residues were used: ALK-1 145-166 ALK-2 151-172 ALK-3 181-202 ALK-4 153-171 ALK-5 158-179 ALK-6 151-168 The rabbit antiseru against ALK-5 was designated VPN. The peptides were synthesized with an Applied Biosystems 430A Peptide Synthesizer using t-butoxycarbonyl chemistry and purified by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. The peptides were coupled to keyhole limpet haemocyanin (Calbiochem-Behring) using glutaraldehyde, as described by Guillick et al (1985) EMBO J. 4., 2869-2877. The coupled peptides were mixed with Freunds adjuvant and used to immunize rabbits. Transient transfection of the ALK-5 cDNA COS-1 cells (American Type Culture Collection) and the R mutant of MvlLu cells (for references, see below) were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 100 units/ml penicillin and 50 μg 1ml streptomycin in 5% C0 2 atmosphere at 37°C. The ALK-5 cDNA (nucleotides (-76) - 2232), which includes the complete coding region, was cloned in the pSV7d vector (Truett et al, (1985) DNA 4 , 333-349) , and used for transfection. Transfection into COS-1 cells was performed by the calcium phosphate precipitation method (Wigler et al (1979) Cell 16, 777-785) . Briefly, cells were seeded into 6-well cell culture plates at a density of 5xl0 5 cells/well, and transfected the following day with 10 μg of recombinant plasmid. After overnight incubation, cells were washed three times with a buffer containing 25 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 138 mM NaCl, 5 mM KC1, 0.7 mM CaCl 2 , 0.5 mM MgCl 2 and 0.6 mM Na 2 HP0 4 , and then incubated with Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium containing FBS and antibiotics. Two days after transfection, the cells were metabolically labelled by incubating the cells for 6 hours in ethionine and cysteine-free MCDB 104 medium with 150 μCi/ l of [ S]-methionine and [ S]-cysteine (in vivo labelling mix; Amersham) . After labelling, the cells were washed with 150 mM NaCI, 25 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, and then solubilized with a buffer containing 20mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 1% deoxycholate, 1.5% Trasylol (Bayer) and 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride (PMSF; Sigma) . After 15 minutes on ice, the cell lysates were pelleted by centrifugation, and the supernatants were then incubated with 7 μl of preimmune serum for 1.5 hours at 4°C. Samples were then given 50 μl of protein A- Sepharose (Pharmacia-LKB) slurry (50% packed beads in 150 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 0.2% Triton X100) and incubated for 45 minutes at 4°C. The beads were spun down by centrifugation, and the supernatants (1 ml) were then incubated with either 7 μl of preimmune serum or the VPN antiserum for 1.5 hours at 4°C. For blocking, 10 μg of peptide was added together with the antiserum. Immune complexes were then given 50 μl of protein A-Sepharose (Pharmacia - LKB) slurry (50% packed beads in 150 mM NaCl, 20mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 0.2% Triton X-100) and incubated for 45 minutes at 4°C. The beads were spun down and washed four times with a washing buffer (20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 500 mM NaCI, 1% Triton X-100, 1% deoxycholate and 0.2% SDS) , followed by one wash in distilled water. The immune complexes were eluted by boiling for 5 minutes in the SDS- sample buffer (100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.8, 0.01% bromophenol blue, 36% glycerol, 4% SDS) in the presence of 10 mM DTT, and analyzed by SDS-gel electrophoresis using 7-15% polyacrylamide gels (Blobel and Dobberstein, (1975) J.Cell Biol. 67, 835-851). Gels were fixed, incubated with Amplify (Amersham) for 20 minutes, and subjected to fluorography. A component of 53Da was seen. This component was not seen when preimmune serum was used, or when 10 μg blocking peptide was added together with the antiserum. Moreover, it was not detectable in samples derived from untransfected COS-1 cells using either preimmune serum or the antiserum. Digestion with Endoglycosidase F Samples immunoprecipitated with the VPN antisera obtained as described above were incubated with 0.5 U of endoglycosidase F (Boehringer Mannheim Bioche ica) in a buffer containing 100 mM sodium phosphate, pH 6.1, 50 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 0.1% SDS and 1% β-mercaptoethanol at 37°C for 24 hours. Samples were eluted by boiling for 5 minutes in the SDS-sa ple buffer, and analyzed by SDS- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as described above. Hydrolysis of N-linked carbohydrates by endoglycosidase F shifted the 53 kDa band to 51 kDa. The extracelluar domain of ALK-5 contains one potential acceptor site for N- glycosylation and the size of the deglycosylated protein is close to the predicted size of the core protein. Establishment of PAE Cell Lines Expressing ALK-5 In order to investigate whether the ALK-5 cDNA encodes a receptor for TGF-β, porcine aortic endothelial (PAE) cells were transfected with an expression vector containing 1 * "* . the ALK-5 cDNA, and analyzed for the binding of I-TGF-βl. PAE cells were cultured in Ham's F-12 medium supplemented with 10% FBS and antibiotics (Miyazono et al. , (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 161, 6407-6415). The ALK-5 cDNA was cloned into the cytomegalovirus (CMV)-based expression vector pcDNA I/NEO (Invitrogen) , and transfected into PAE cells by electroporation. After 48 hours, selection was initiated by adding Geneticin (G418 sulphate; Gibco - BRL) to the culture medium at a final concentration of 0.5 mg/ml (Westermark et al« , (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82, 128-132) . Several clones were obtained, and after analysis by immunoprecipitation using the VPN antiserum, one clone denoted PAE/TBR-1 was chosen and further analyzed. Iodination of TGF-fil. Binding and Affinity Crosslinking Recombinant human TGF-βl was iodinated using the chloramine T method according to Frolik et al. , (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259. 10995-11000. Cross-linking experiments were performed as previously described (Ichijo et al. , (1990) Exp. Cell Res. 187. 263-269). Briefly, cells in 6- well plates were washed with binding buffer (phosphate- buffered saline containing 0.9 mM CaCl 2 , 0.49 mM MgCl 2 and 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin (BSA) ) , and incubated on ice in the same buffer with 125I-TGF-βl in the presence or absence of excess unlabelled TGF-βl for 3 hours. Cells were washed and cross-linking was done in the binding buffer without BSA together with 0.28 mM disuccinimidyl suberate (DSS; Pierce Chemical Co.) for 15 minutes on ice. The cells were harvested by the addition of 1 ml of detachment buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 1 mM EDTA, 10% glycerol, 0.3 mM PMSF) . The cells were pelleted by centrifugation, then resuspended in 50 μl of solubilization buffer (125 mM NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 1 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 0.3 mM PMSF, 1% Trasylol) and incubated for 40 minutes on ice. Cells were centrifuged again and supernatants were subjected to analysis by SDS-gel electrophoresis using 4-15% polyacrylamide gels, followed by autoradiography. 125I-TGF-βl formed a 70 kDa cross- linked complex in the transfected PAE cells (PAE/TBR-I cells) . The size of this complex was very similar to that of the TGF-β type I receptor complex observed at lower amounts in the untransfected cells. A concomitant increase of 94 kDa TGF-β type II receptor complex could also be observed in the PAE/TfiR-I cells. Components of 150-190 kDa, which may represent crosslinked complexes between the type I and type II receptors, were also observed in the PAE/TBR-I cells. In order to determine whether the cross-linked 70 kDa complex contained the protein encoded by the ALK-5 cDNA, the affinity cross-linking was followed by immunoprecipitation using the VPN antiserum. For this. cells in 25 cm flasks were used. The supernatants obtained after cross-linking were incubated with 7 μl of preimmune serum or VPN antiserum in the presence or absence of 10 μg of peptide for 1.5h at 4°C. Immune complexes were then added to 50 μl of protein A-Sepharose slurry and incubated for 45 minutes at 4°C. The protein A-Sepharose beads were washed four times with the washing buffer, once with distilled water, and the samples were analyzed by SDS- gel electrophoresis using 4-15% polyacrylamide gradient gels and autoradiography. A 70 kDa cross-linked complex was precipitated by the VPN antiserum in PAE/TBR-1 cells, and a weaker band of the same size was also seen in the untransfected cells, indicating that the untransfected PAE cells contained a low amount of endogenous ALK-5. The 70 kDa complex was not observed when preimmune serum was used, or when immune serum was blocked by 10 μg of peptide. Moreover, a coprecipitated 94 kDa component could also be observed in the PAE/TBR-I cells. The latter component is likely to represent a TGF-β type II receptor complex, since an antiserum, termed DRL, which was raised against a synthetic peptide from the C-terminal part of the TGF-β type II receptor, precipitated a 94 kDa TGF-β type II receptor complex, as well as a 70 kDa type I receptor complex from PAE/TBR-I cells. The carbohydrate contents of ALK-5 and the TGF-β type II receptor were characterized by deglycosylation using endoglycosidase F as described above and analyzed by SDS- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. The ALK-5 cross-linked complex shifted from 70 kDa to 66 kDa, whereas that of the type II receptor shifted from 94 kDa to 82 kDa. The observed larger shift of the type II receptor band compared with that of the ALK-5 band is consistent with the deglycosylation data of the type I and type II receptors on rat liver cells reported previously (Cheifetz et al (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263 r 16984-16991), and fits well with the fact that the porcine TGF-β type II receptor has two N-glycosylation sites (Lin et al (1992) Cell 68., 775-785) , whereas ALK-5 has only one (see SEQ ID No. 9). Binding of TGF-βl to the type I receptor is known to be abolished by transient treatment of the cells with dithiothreitol (DTT) (Cheifetz and Massague (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266. 20767-20772; Wrana et al (1992) Cell 21, 1003- 1014) . When analyzed by affinity cross-linking, binding of 125 I-TGF-βl to ALK-5, but not to the type II receptor, was completely abolished by DTT treatment of PAE/TBR-1 cells. Affinity cross-linking followed by immunoprecipitation by the VPN antiserum showed that neither the ALK-5 nor the type II receptor complexes was precipitated after DTT treatment, indicating that the VPN antiserum reacts only with ALK-5. The data show that the VPN antiserum recognizes a TGF-β type I receptor, and that the type I and type II receptors form a heteromeric complex. 1 5 I-TGF-βl Bindiing & Affinity Crosslinking of Transfected COS Cells Transient expression plasmids of ALKs -1 to -6 and TβR-II were generated by subcloning into the pSV7d expression vector or into the pcDNA I expression vector (Invitrogen) . Transient transfection of COS-1 cells and iodination of TGF-βl were carried out as described above. Crosslinking and immunoprecipitation were performed as described for PAE cells above. Transfection of cDNAs for ALKs into COS-1 cells did not show any appreciable binding of 125 I-TGFB1, consistent with the observation that type I receptors do not bind TGF- β in the absence of type II receptors. When the TBR-II cDNA was co-transfected with cDNAs for the different ALKs, type I receptor-like complexes were seen, at different levels, in each case. COS-1 cells transfected with TβR-II and ALK cDNAs were analyzed by affinity crosslinking followed by immunoprecipitation using the DRL antisera or specific antisera against ALKs. Each one of the ALKs bound 125 I-TGF-βl and was coimmunoprecipitated with the TBR-II complex using the DRL antiserum. Comparison of the efficiency of the different ALKs to form heteromeric complexes with TβR-II, revealed that ALK-5 formed such complexes more efficiently than the other ALKs. The size of the crosslinked complex was larger for ALK-3 than for other ALKs, consistent with its slightly larger size. Expression of the ALK Protein in Different Cell Types Two different approaches were used to elucidate which ALK's are physiological type I receptors for TGF-β. Firstly, several cell lines were tested for the expression of the ALK proteins by cross-linking followed by immunoprecipitation using the specific antiseras against ALKs and the TGF-β type II receptor. The mink lung epithelial cell line, MvlLu, is widely used to provide target cells for TGF-β action and is well characterized regarding TGF-β receptors (Laiho et al (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265. 18518-18524; Laiho et al (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266. 9108-9112) . Only the VPN antiserum efficiently precipitated both type I and type II TGF-β receptors in the wild type MvlLu cells. The DRL antiserum also precipitated components with the same size as those precipitated by the VPN antiserum. A mutant cell line (R mutant) which lacks the TGF-β type I receptor and does not respond to TGF-β (Laiho et al, supra) was also investigated by cross-linking followed by immunoprecipitation. Consistent with the results obtained by Laiho et al (1990) , supra the type III and type II TGF-β receptor complexes, but not the type I receptor complex, were observed by affinity crosslinking. Crosslinking followed by immunoprecipatition using the DRL antiserum revealed only the type II receptor complex, whereas neither the type I nor type II receptor complexes was seen using the VPN antiserum. When the cells were metabolically labelled and subjected to immunoprecipitation using the VPN antiserum, the 53 kDa ALK-5 protein was precipitated in both the wild-type and R mutant MvlLu cells. These results suggest that the type I receptor expressed in the R mutant is ALK-5, which has lost the affinity for binding to TGF-β after mutation. The type I and type II TGF-β receptor complexes could be precipitated by the VPN and DRL antisera in other cell lines,, including human foreskin fibroblasts (AG1518) , human lung adenocarcinoma cells (A549) , and human oral squamous cell carcinoma cells (HSC-2) . Affinity cross-linking studies revealed multiple TGF-β type I receptor-like complexes of 70-77 kDa in these cells. These components were less efficiently competed by excess unlabelled TGF-βl in HSC-2 cells. Moreover, the type II receptor complex was low or not detectable in A549 and HSC-2 cells. Cross¬ linking followed by immunoprecipitation revealed that the VPN antiserum precipitated only the 70 kDa complex among the 70-77 kDa components. The DRL antiserum precipitated the 94 kDa type II receptor complex as well as the 70 kDa type I receptor complex in these cells, but not the putative type I receptor complexes of slightly larger sizes. These results suggest that multiple type I TGF-β receptors may exist and that the 70 kDa complex containing ALK-5 forms a heteromeric complex with the TGF-β type II receptor cloned by Lin et al (1992) Cell 63., 775-785, more efficiently that the other species. In rat pheochromocytoma cells (PC12) which have been reported to have no TGF-β receptor complexes by affinity cross-linking (Massague et al (1990) Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 593., 59-72), neither VPN nor DRL antisera precipitated the TGF-β receptor complexes. The antisera against ALKs -1 to -4 and ALK6 did not efficiently i munoprecipitate the crosslinked receptor complexes in porcine aortic endothelial (PAE) cells or human foreskin fibroblasts. Next, it was investigated whether ALKs could restore responsiveness to TGF-β in the R mutant of MvlLu cells, which lack the ligand-binding ability of the TGF-β type I receptor but have intact type II receptor. Wild-type MvlLu cells and mutant cells were transfected with ALK cDNA and were then assayed for the production of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) which is produced as a result of TGF-β receptor activation as described previously by Laiho et al (1991) Mol. Cell Biol. li, 972-978. Briefly, cells were added with or without 10 ng/ml of TGF-βl for 2 hours in serum-free MCDB 104 without methionine. Thereafter, cultures were labelled with [ 35 S] methionine (40 μCi/ml) for 2 hours. The cells were removed by washing on ice once in PBS, twice in 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 0.5% sodium deoxycholate, 1 mM PMSF, twice in 2 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), and once in PBS. Extracellular matrix proteins were extracted by scraping cells into the SDS-sample buffer containing DTT, and analyzed by SDS-gel electrophoresis followed by fluorography using Amplify. PAI-1 can be identified as a characteristic 45kDa band (Laiho et al (1991) Mol. Cell Biol. li, 972-978). Wild-type MvlLu cells responded to TGF-β and produced PAI-1, whereas the R mutant clone did not, even after stimulation by TGF-βl. Transient transfection of the ALK-5 cDNA into the R mutant clone led to the production of PAI-1 in response to the stimulation by TGF-βl, indicating that the ALK-5 cDNA encodes a functional TGF-β type I receptor. In contrast, the R mutant cells that were transfected with other ALKs did not produce PAI-1 upon the addition of TGF-βl. Using similar approaches as those described above for the identification of TGF-β-binding ALKs, the ability of ALKs to bind activin in the presence of ActRII was examined. COS-1 cells were co-transfected as described above. Recombinant human activin A was iodinated using the chloramine T method (Mathews and Vale (1991) Cell 65, 973- 982) . Transfected COS-1 cells were analysed for binding and crosslinking of I-activin A in the presence or absence of excess unlabelled activin A. The crosslinked complexes were subjected to immunoprecipitation using DRL antisera or specific ALK antisera. All ALKs appear tc bind activin A in the presence of Act R-II. This is more clearly demonstrated by affinity cross-linking followed by immunopreciptation. ALK-2 and 125 ALK-4 bound I-activin A and were coimmunoprecipitated with ActR-II. Other ALKs also bound 125I-activin A but with a lower efficiency compared to ALK-2 and ALK-4. In order to investigate whether ALKs are physiological activin type I receptors, activin responsive cells were examined for the expression of endogenous activin type I receptors. MvlLu cells, as well as the R mutant, express both type I and type II receptors for activin, and the R mutant cells produce PAI-1 upon the addition of activin A. MvlLu cells were labeled with 125I-activin A, cross-linked and immunoprecipitated by the antisera against ActR-II or ALKs as described above. The type I and type II receptor complexes in MvlLu cells were immunoprecipitated only by the antisera against ALK-2, ALK-4 and ActR-II. Similar results were obtained using the R mutant cells. PAE cells do not bind activin because of the lack of type II receptors for activin, and so cells were transfected with a chimeric receptor, to enable them to bind activin, as described herein. A plasmid (chim A) containing the extracelluar domain and C- terminal tail of Act R-II (amino-acids -19 to 116 and 465 to 494, respectively (Mathews and Vale (1991) Cell, 65., 973-982)) and the kinase domain of TBR-II (amino-acids 160- 543) (Lin et al (1992) Cell, 68., 775-785) was constructed and transfected into pcDNA/neo (Invitrogen) . PAE cells were stably transfected with the chim A plasmid by electroporation, and cells expressing the chim A protein were established as described previously. PAE/Chim A cells i 125 were then subjected to I-activin A labelling crosslinking and immunoprecipitation as described above. Similar to MvlLu cells, activin type I receptor complexes in PAE/Chim A cells were immunoprecipitated by the ALK-2 and ALK-4 antisera. These results show that both ALK-2 and ALK-4 serve as high affinity type I receptors for activin A in these cells. ALK-1, ALK-3 and ALK-6 bind TGF-βl and activin A in the presence of their respective type II receptors, but the functional consequences of the binding of the ligands remains to be elucidated. The invention has been described by way of example only, without restriction of its scope. The invention is defined by the subject matter herein, including the claims that follow the immediately following full Sequence Listings. SEQUENCE LISTING (1) GENERAL INFORMATION: (i) APPLICANT: (A) NAME: Lud ig Institute for Cancer Research (B) STREET: St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Norfolk Place (C) CITY: Paddington, London (E) COUNTRY: United Kingdom (F) POSTAL CODE (ZIP): W2 1PG (ii) TITLE OF INVENTION: PROTEINS HAVING SERINE/THREONINE KINASE DOMAINS, CORRESPONDING NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES, AND THEIR USE (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 29 (iv) COMPUTER READABLE FORM: (A) MEDIUM TYPE: Floppy disk (B) COMPUTER: IBM PC compatible (C) OPERATING SYSTEM: PC-DOS/MS-DOS (D) SOFTWARE: Patentin Release #1.0, Version #1.25 (EPO) (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 1: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 1984 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE: (A) ORGANISM: Homo sapiens (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 283..1791 (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 1: AGGAAACGGT TTATTAGGAG GGAGTGGTGG AGCTGGGCCA GGCAGGAAGA CGCTGGAATA 60 AGAAACATTT TTGCTCCAGC CCCCATCCCA GTCCCGGGAG GCTGCCGCGC CAGCTGCGCC 120 GAGCGAGCCC CTCCCCGGCT CCAGCCCGGT CCGGGGCCGC GCCGGACCCC AGCCCGCCGT 180 CCAGCGCTGG CGGTGCAACT GCGGCCGCGC GGTGGAGGGG AGGTGGCCCC GGTCCGCCGA 240 AGGCTAGCGC CCCGCCACCC GCAGAGCGGG CCCAGAGGGA CC ATG ACC TTG GGC 294 Met Thr Leu Gly 1 TCC CCC AGG AAA GGC CTT CTG ATG CTG CTG ATG GCC TTG GTG ACC CAG 342 Ser Pro Arg Lys Gly Leu Leu Met Leu Leu Met Ala Leu Val Thr Gin 5 10 15 20 GGA GAC CCT GTG AAG CCG TCT CGG GGC CCG CTG GTG ACC TGC ACG TGT 390 Gly Asp Pro Val Lys Pro Ser Arg Gly Pro Leu Val Thr Cys Thr Cys 25 30 35 GAG AGC CCA CAT TGC AAG GGG CCT ACC TGC CGG GGG GCC TGG TGC ACA 438 Glu Ser Pro His Cys Lys Gly Pro Thr Cys Arg Gly Ala Trp Cys Thr 40 45 50 GTA GTG CTG GTG CGG GAG GAG GGG AGG CAC CCC CAG GAA CAT CGG GGC 486 Val Val Leu Val Arg Glu Glu Gly Arg His Pro Gin Glu His Arg Gly 55 60 65 TGC GGG AAC TTG CAC AGG GAG CTC TGC AGG GGG CGC CCC ACC GAG TTC S34 Cys Gly Asn Leu His Arg Glu Leu Cys Arg Gly Arg Pro Thr Glu Phe 70 75 80 GTC AAC CAC TAC TGC TGC GAC AGC CAC CTC TGC AAC CAC AAC GTG TCC 582 Val Asn His Tyr Cys Cys Asp Ser His Leu Cys Asn His Asn Val Ser 85 90 95 100 CTG GTG CTG GAG GCC ACC CAA CCT CCT TCG GAG CAG CCG GGA ACA GAT 630 Leu Val Leu Glu Ala Thr Gin Pro Pro Ser Glu Gin Pro Gly Thr Asp 105 110 115 GGC CAG CTG GCC CTG ATC CTG GGC CCC GTG CTG GCC TTG CTG GCC CTG 678 Gly Gin Leu Ala Leu He Leu Gly Pro Val Leu Ala Leu Leu Ala Leu 120 125 130 GTG GCC CTG GGT GTC CTG GGC CTG TGG CAT GTC CGA CGG AGG CAG GAG 726 Val Ala Leu Gly Val Leu Gly Leu Trp His Val Arg Arg Arg Gin Glu 135 140 145 AAG CAG CGT GGC CTG CAC AGC GAG CTG GGA GAG TCC AGT CTC ATC CTG 774 Lye Gin Arg Gly Leu His Ser Glu Leu Gly Glu Ser Ser Leu He Leu 150 155 160 AAA GCA TCT GAG CAG GGC GAC ACG ATG TTG GGG GAC CTC CTG GAC AGT 822 Lys Ala Ser Glu Gin Gly Asp Thr Met Leu Gly Asp Leu Leu Asp Ser 165 170 175 180 GAC TGC ACC ACA GGG AGT GGC TCA GGG CTC CCC TTC CTG GTG CAG AGG 870 Asp Cys Thr Thr Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Phe Leu Val Gin Arg 185 190 195 ACA GTG GCA CGG CAG GTT GCC TTG GTG GAG TGT GTG GGA AAA GGC CGC 918 Thr Val Ala Arg Gin Val Ala Leu Val Glu Cys Val Gly Lys Gly Arg 200 205 210 TAT GGC GAA GTG TGG CGG GGC TTG TGG CAC GGT GAG AGT GTG GCC GTC 966 Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Arg Gly Leu Trp His Gly Glu Ser Val Ala Val 215 220 225 AAG ATC TTC TCC TCG AGG GAT GAA CAG TCC TGG TTC CGG GAG ACT GAG 1014 Lys He Phe Ser Ser Arg Asp Glu Gin Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Thr Glu 230 235 240 ATC TAT AAC ACA GTA TTG CTC AGA CAC GAC AAC ATC CTA GGC TTC ATC 1062 He Tyr Asn Thr Val Leu Leu Arg His Asp Asn He Leu Gly Phe He 245 250 255 260 GCC TCA GAC ATG ACC TCC CGC AAC TCG AGC ACG CAG CTG TGC CTC ATC 1110 Ala Ser Asp Met Thr Ser Arg Asn Ser Ser Thr Gin Leu Trp Leu He 265 270 275 ACG CAC TAC CAC GAG CAC GGC TCC CTC TAC GAC TTT CTG CAG AGA CAG 1158 Thr His Tyr His Glu His Gly Ser Leu Tyr Asp Phe Leu Gin Arg Gin 280 285 290 ACG CTG GAG CCC CAT CTG GCT CTG AGG CTA GCT GTG TCC GCG GCA TGC 1206 Thr Leu Glu Pro His Leu Ala Leu Arg Leu Ala Val Ser Ala Ala Cys 295 300 305 GGC CTG GCG CAC CTG CAC GTG GAG ATC TTC GGT ACA CAG GGC AAA CCA 1254 Gly Leu Ala His Leu His Val Glu He Phe Gly Thr Gin Gly Lys Pro 310 315 320 GCC ATT GCC CAC CGC GAC TTC AAG AGC CGC AAT GTG CTG GTC AAG AGC 1302 Ala He Ala His Arg Asp Phe Lys Ser Arg Asn Val Leu Val Lys Ser 325 330 335 340 AAC CTG CAG TGT TGC ATC GCC GAC CTG GGC CTG GCT GTG ATG CAC TCA 1350 Asn Leu Gin Cys Cys He Ala Asp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Met His Ser 345 350 355 CAG GGC AGC GAT TAC CTG GAC ATC GGC AAC AAC CCG AGA GTG GGC ACC 1398 Gin Gly Ser Asp Tyr Leu Asp He Gly Asn Asn Pro Arg Val Gly Thr 360 365 370 AAG CGG TAC ATG GCA CCC GAG GTG CTG GAC GAG CAG ATC CGC ACG GAC 1446 Lys Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Asp Glu Gin He Arg Thr Asp 375 380 385 TGC TTT GAG TCC TAC AAG TGG ACT GAC ATC TGG GCC TTT GGC CTG GTG 1494 Cys Phe Glu Ser Tyr Lys Trp Thr Asp He Trp Ala Phe Gly Leu Val 390 395 400 CTG TGG GAG ATT GCC CGC CGG ACC ATC GTG AAT GGC ATC GTG GAG GAC 1542 Leu Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg Thr He Val Asn Gly He Val Glu Asp 405 410 415 420 TAT AGA CCA CCC TTC TAT GAT GTG GTG CCC AAT GAC CCC AGC TTT GAG 1590 Tyr Arg Pro Pro Phe Tyr Asp Val Val Pro Asn Asp Pro Ser Phe Glu 425 430 435 GAC ATG AAG AAG GTG GTG TGT GTG GAT CAG CAG ACC CCC ACC ATC CCT 1638 Asp Met Lys Lys Val Val Cys Val Asp Gin Gin Thr Pro Thr He Pro 440 445 450 AAC CGG CTG GCT GCA GAC CCG GTC CTC TCA GGC CTA GCT CAG ATG ATG 1686 Asn Arg Leu Ala Ala Asp Pro Val Leu Ser Gly Leu Ala Gin Met Met 455 460 465 CGG GAG TGC TGG TAC CCA AAC CCC TCT GCC CGA CTC ACC GCG CTG CGG 1734 Arg Glu Cys Trp Tyr Pro Asn Pro Ser Ala Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg 470 475 480 ATC AAG AAG ACA CTA CAA AAA ATT AGC AAC AGT CCA GAG AAG CCT AAA 1782 He Lys Lys Thr Leu Gin Lys He Ser Asn Ser Pro Glu Lys Pro Lys 485 490 495 500 GTG ATT CAA TAGCCCAGGA GCACCTGATT CCTTTCTGCC TGCAGGGGGC 1831 Val He Gin TGGGGGGGTG GGGGGCAGTG GATGGTGCCC TATCTGGGTA GAGGTAGTGT GAGTGTGGTG 1891 TGTGCTGGGG ATGGGCAGCT GCGCCTGCCT GCTCGGCCCC CAGCCCACCC AGCCAAAAAT 1951 ACAGCTGGGC TGAAACCTGA AAAAAAAAAA AAA 1984 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 2: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 503 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 2: Met Thr Leu Gly Ser Pro Arg Lys Gly Leu Leu Met Leu Leu Met Ala 1 5 10 15 Leu Val Thr Gin Gly Asp Pro Val Lys Pro Ser Arg Gly Pro Leu Val 20 25 30 Thr Cys Thr Cys Glu Ser Pro His Cys Lys Gly Pro Thr Cys Arg Gly 35 40 45 Ala Trp Cys Thr Val Val Leu Val Arg Glu Glu Gly Arg His Pro Gin 50 55 60 Glu His Arg Gly Cys Gly Asn Leu His Arg Glu Leu Cys Arg Gly Arg 65 70 75 80 Pro Thr Glu Phe Val Asn His Tyr Cys Cys Asp Ser His Leu Cys Asn 85 90 95 His Asn Val Ser Leu Val Leu Glu Ala Thr Gin Pro Pro Ser Glu Gin 100 105 110 Pro Gly Thr Asp Gly Gin Leu Ala Leu He Leu Gly Pro Val Leu Ala 115 120 125 Leu Leu Ala Leu Val Ala Leu Gly Val Leu Gly Leu Trp His Val Arg 130 135 140 Arg Arg Gin Glu Lys Gin Arg Gly Leu His Ser Glu Leu Gly Glu Ser 145 150 155 160 SUBSTITUTE SHEET Ser Leu He Leu Lys Ala Ser Glu Gin Gly Asp Thr Met Leu Gly Asp 165 170 175 Leu Leu Asp Ser Asp Cys Thr Thr Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Phe 180 185 190 Leu Val Gin Arg Thr Val Ala Arg Gin Val Ala Leu Val Glu Cys Val 195 200 205 Gly Lys Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Arg Gly Leu Trp His Gly Glu 210 215 220 Ser Val Ala Val Lys He Phe Ser Ser Arg Asp Glu Gin Ser Trp Phe 225 230 235 240 Arg Glu Thr Glu He Tyr Asn Thr Val Leu Leu Arg His Asp Asn He 245 250 255 Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ser Asp Met Thr Ser Arg Asn Ser Ser Thr Gin 260 265 270 Leu Trp Leu He Thr His Tyr His Glu His Gly Ser Leu Tyr Asp Phe 275 280 285 Leu Gin Arg Gin Thr Leu Glu Pro His Leu Ala Leu Arg Leu Ala Val 290 295 300 Ser Ala Ala Cys Gly Leu Ala His Leu His Val Glu He Phe Gly Thr 305 310 315 320 Gin Gly Lys Pro Ala He Ala His Arg Asp Phe Lys Ser Arg Asn Val 325 330 335 Leu Val Lys Ser Asn Leu Gin Cys Cys He Ala Asp Leu Gly Leu Ala 340 345 350 Val Met His Ser Gin Gly Ser Asp Tyr Leu Asp He Gly Asn Asn Pro 355 360 365 Arg Val Gly Thr Lys Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Asp Glu Gin 370 375 380 He Arg Thr Asp Cys Phe Glu Ser Tyr Lys Trp Thr Asp He Trp Ala 385 390 395 400 Phe Gly Leu Val Leu Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg Thr He Val Asn Gly 405 410 415 He Val Glu Asp Tyr Arg Pro Pro Phe Tyr Asp Val Val Pro Asn Asp 420 425 430 Pro Ser Phe Glu Asp Met Lys Lys Val Val Cys Val Asp Gin Gin Thr 435 440 445 Pro Thr He Pro Asn Arg Leu Ala Ala Asp Pro Val Leu Ser Gly Leu 450 455 460 Ala Gin Met Met Arg Glu Cys Trp Tyr Pro Asn Pro Ser Ala Arg Leu 465 470 475 480 Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lys Lys Thr Leu Gin Lys He Ser Aβn Ser Pro 485 490 495 Glu Lys Pro Lys Val He Gin 500 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 3: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 2724 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE: (A) ORGANISM: Homo sapiens (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 104..1630 (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 3: CTCCGAGTAC CCCAGTGACC AGAGTGAGAG AAGCTCTGAA CGAGGGCACG CGGCTTGAAG 60 GACTGTGGGC AGATGTGACC AAGAGCCTGC ATTAAGTTGT ACA ATG GTA GAT GGA 115 Met Val Asp Gly 1 GTG ATG ATT CTT CCT GTG CTT ATC ATG ATT GCT CTC CCC TCC CCT AGT 163 Val Met He Leu Pro Val Leu He Met He Ala Leu Pro Ser Pro Ser 5 10 15 20 ATG GAA GAT GAG AAG CCC AAG GTC AAC CCC AAA CTC TAC ATG TGT GTG 211 Met Glu Asp Glu Lys Pro Lys Val Aβn Pro Lys Leu Tyr Met Cys Val 25 30 35 TGT GAA GGT CTC TCC TGC GGT AAT GAG GAC CAC TGT GAA GGC CAG CAG 259 Cys Glu Gly Leu Ser Cys Gly Asn Glu Asp His Cys Glu Gly Gin Gin 40 45 50 TGC TTT TCC TCA CTG AGC ATC AAC GAT GGC TTC CAC GTC TAC CAG AAA 307 Cys Phe Ser Ser Leu Ser He Asn Asp Gly Phe His Val Tyr Gin Lys 55 60 65 GGC TGC TTC CAG GTT TAT GAG CAG GGA AAG ATG ACC TGT AAG ACC CCG 355 Gly Cys Phe Gin Val Tyr Glu Gin Gly Lys Met Thr Cys Lys Thr Pro 70 75 80 CCG TCC CCT GGC CAA GCT GTG GAG TGC TGC CAA GGG GAC TGG TGT AAC 403 Pro Ser Pro Gly Gin Ala Val Glu Cys Cys Gin Gly Asp Trp Cys Asn 85 90 95 100 AGG AAC ATC ACG GCC CAG CTG CCC ACT AAA GGA AAA TCC TTC CCT GGA 451 Arg Asn He Thr Ala Gin Leu Pro Thr Lys Gly Lys Ser Phe Pro Gly 105 110 115 ACA CAG AAT TTC CAC TTG GAG GTT GGC CTC ATT ATT CTC TCT GTA GTG 499 Thr Gin Asn Phe His Leu Glu Val Gly Leu He He Leu Ser Val Val 120 125 130 TTC GCA GTA TGT CTT TTA GCC TGC CTG CTG GGA GTT GCT CTC CGA AAA 547 Phe Ala Val Cys Leu Leu Ala Cys Leu Leu Gly Val Ala Leu Arg Lys 135 140 145 TTT AAA AGG CGC AAC CAA GAA CGC CTC AAT CCC CGA GAC GTG GAG TAT 595 Phe Lys Arg Arg Asn Gin Glu Arg Leu Asn Pro Arg Asp Val Glu Tyr 150 155 160 GGC ACT ATC GAA GGG CTC ATC ACC ACC AAT GTT GGA GAC AGC ACT TTA 643 Gly Thr He Glu Gly Leu He Thr Thr Asn Val Gly Asp Ser Thr Leu 165 170 175 180 GCA GAT TTA TTG GAT CAT TCG TGT ACA TCA GGA AGT GGC TCT GGT CTT 691 Ala Asp Leu Leu Asp His Ser Cys Thr Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu 185 190 195 CCT TTT CTG GTA CAA AGA ACA GTG GCT CGC CAG ATT ACA CTG TTG GAG 739 Pro Phe Leu Val Gin Arg Thr Val Ala Arg Gin He Thr Leu Leu Glu 200 205 210 TGT GTC GGG AAA GGC AGG TAT GGT GAG GTG TGG AGG GGC AGC TGG CAA 787 Cys Val Gly Lys Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Arg Gly Ser Trp Gin 215 220 225 GGG GAA AAT GTT GCC GTG AAG ATC TTC TCC TCC CGT GAT GAG AAG TCA 835 Gly Glu Asn Val Ala Val Lys He Phe Ser Ser Arg Asp Glu Lys Ser 230 235 240 TGG TTC AGG GAA ACG GAA TTG TAC AAC ACT GTG ATG CTG AGG CAT GAA 883 Trp Phe Arg Glu Thr Glu Leu Tyr Asn Thr Val Met Leu Arg His Glu 245 250 255 260 AAT ATC TTA GGT TTC ATT GCT TCA GAC ATG ACA TCA AGA CAC TCC AGT 931 Asn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ser Asp Met Thr Ser Arg Hie Ser Ser 265 270 275 ACC CAG CTG TGG TTA ATT ACA CAT TAT CAT GAA ATG GGA TCG TTG TAC 979 Thr Gin Leu Trp Leu He Thr His Tyr His Glu Met Gly Ser Leu Tyr 280 285 290 GAC TAT CTT CAG CTT ACT ACT CTG GAT ACA GTT AGC TGC CTT CGA ATA 1027 Asp Tyr Leu Gin Leu Thr Thr Leu Asp Thr Val Ser Cys Leu Arg He 295 300 305 GTG CTG TCC ATA GCT AGT GGT CTT GCA CAT TTG CAC ATA GAG ATA TTT 1075 Val Leu Ser He Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala His Leu His He Glu He Phe 310 315 320 GGG ACC CAA GGG AAA CCA GCC ATT GCC CAT CGA GAT TTA AAG AGC AAA 1123 Gly Thr Gin Gly Lys Pro Ala He Ala His Arg Asp Leu Lys Ser Lys 325 330 335 340 AAT ATT CTC GTT AAG AAG AAT GGA CAG TGT TGC ATA GCA GAT TTG GGC 1171 Asn He Leu Val Lys Lys Asn Gly Gin Cys Cys He Ala Asp Leu Gly 345 350 355 CTG GCA GTC ATG CAT TCC CAG AGC ACC AAT CAG CTT GAT GTG GGG AAC 1219 Leu Ala Val Met Hiø Ser Gin Ser Thr Asn Gin Leu Asp Val Gly Aβn 360 365 370 AAT CCC CGT GTG GGC ACC AAG CGC TAC ATG GCC CCC GAA GTT CTA GAT 1267 Asn Pro Arg Val Gly Thr Lys Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Asp 375 380 385 GAA ACC ATC CAG GTG GAT TGT TTC GAT TCT TAT AAA AGG GTC GAT ATT 1315 Glu Thr He Gin Val Asp Cys Phe Asp Ser Tyr Lys Arg Val Asp He 390 395 400 TGG GCC TTT GGA CTT GTT TTG TGG GAA GTG GCC AGG CGG ATG GTG AGC 1363 Trp Ala Phe Gly Leu Val Leu Trp Glu Val Ala Arg Arg Met Val Ser 405 410 415 420 AAT GGT ATA GTG GAG GAT TAC AAG CCA CCG TTC TAC GAT GTG GTT CCC 1411 Asn Gly He Val Glu Asp Tyr Lys Pro Pro Phe Tyr Asp Val Val Pro 425 430 435 AAT GAC CCA AGT TTT GAA GAT ATG AGG AAG GTA GTC TGT GTG GAT CAA 1459 Asn Asp Pro Ser Phe Glu Asp Met Arg Lys Val Val Cys Val Asp Gin 440 445 450 CAA AGG CCA AAC ATA CCC AAC AGA TGG TTC TCA GAC CCG ACA TTA ACC 1507 Gin Arg Pro Aβn He Pro Asn Arg Trp Phe Ser Asp Pro Thr Leu Thr 455 460 465 TCT CTG GCC AAG CTA ATG AAA GAA TGC TGG TAT CAA AAT CCA TCC GCA 1555 Ser Leu Ala Lye Leu Met Lys Glu Cys Trp Tyr Gin Asn Pro Ser Ala 470 475 480 AGA CTC ACA GCA CTG CGT ATC AAA AAG ACT TTG ACC AAA ATT GAT AAT 1603 Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lys Lys Thr Leu Thr Lys He Asp Asn 485 490 495 500 TCC CTC GAC AAA TTG AAA ACT GAC TGT TGACATTTTC ATAGTGTCAA 1650 Ser Leu Asp Lys Leu Lys Thr Asp Cys 505 GAAGGAAGAT TTGACGTTGT TGTCATTGTC CAGCTGGGAC CTAATGCTGG CCTGACTGGT 1710 TGTCAGAATG GAATCCATCT GTCTCCCTCC CCAAATGGCT GCTTTGACAA GGCAGACGTC 1770 GTACCCAGCC ATGTGTTGGG GAGACATCAA AACCACCCTA ACCTCGCTCG ATGACTGTGA 1830 ACTGGGCATT TCACGAACTG TTCACACTGC AGAGACTAAT GTTGGACAGA CACTGTTGCA 1890 AAGGTAGGGA CTGGAGGAAC ACAGAGAAAT CCTAAAAGAG ATCTGGGCAT TAAGTCAGTG 1950 GCTTTGCATA GCTTTCACAA GTCTCCTAGA CACTCCCCAC GGGAAACTCA AGGAGGTGGT 2010 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 4: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 509 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 4: Met Val Asp Gly Val Met He Leu Pro Val Leu He Met He Ala Leu I S 10 15 Pro Ser Pro Ser Met Glu Asp Glu Lys Pro Lys Val Asn Pro Lys Leu 20 25 30 Tyr Met Cys Val Cys Glu Gly Leu Ser Cys Gly Aβn Glu Asp His Cys 35 40 45 Glu Gly Gin Gin Cys Phe Ser Ser Leu Ser He Asn Asp Gly Phe His 50 55 60 Val Tyr Gin Lys Gly Cys Phe Gin Val Tyr Glu Gin Gly Lys Met Thr 65 70 75 80 Cys Lys Thr Pro Pro Ser Pro Gly Gin Ala Val Glu Cys Cys Gin Gly 85 90 95 Asp Trp Cys Asn Arg Asn He Thr Ala Gin Leu Pro Thr Lys Gly Lys 100 105 110 Ser Phe Pro Gly Thr Gin Asn Phe His Leu Glu Val Gly Leu He He 115 120 125 Leu Ser Val Val Phe Ala Val Cys Leu Leu Ala Cys Leu Leu Gly Val 130 135 140 Ala Leu Arg Lys Phe Lys Arg Arg Aβn Gin Glu Arg Leu Aβn Pro Arg 145 150 155 160 Aβp Val Glu Tyr Gly Thr He Glu Gly Leu He Thr Thr Aβn Val Gly 165 170 175 Aβp Ser Thr Leu Ala Aap Leu Leu Aβp His Ser Cys Thr Ser Gly Ser 180 185 190 Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Phe Leu Val Gin Arg Thr Val Ala Arg Gin He 195 200 205 Thr Leu Leu Glu Cys Val Gly Lys Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Arg 210 215 220 Gly Ser Trp Gin Gly Glu Asn Val Ala Val Lys He Phe Ser Ser Arg 225 230 235 240 Asp Glu Lys Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Thr Glu Leu Tyr Asn Thr Val Met 245 250 255 Leu Arg His Glu Asn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ser Asp Met Thr Ser 260 265 270 Arg His Ser Ser Thr Gin Leu Trp Leu He Thr His Tyr His Glu Met 275 280 285 Gly Ser Leu Tyr Asp Tyr Leu Gin Leu Thr Thr Leu Asp Thr Val Ser 290 295 300 Cys Leu Arg He Val Leu Ser He Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala His Leu His 305 310 315 320 He Glu He Phe Gly Thr Gin Gly Lys Pro Ala He Ala His Arg Asp 325 330 335 Leu Lys Ser Lys Aβn He Leu Val Lye Lys Asn Gly Gin Cys Cys He 340 345 350 Ala Asp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Met His Ser Gin Ser Thr Asn Gin Leu 355 360 365 Asp Val Gly Aβn Aβn Pro Arg Val Gly Thr Lye Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro 370 375 380 Glu Val Leu Aβp Glu Thr He Gin Val Asp Cys Phe Asp Ser Tyr Lys 385 390 395 400 Arg Val Aβp He Trp Ala Phe Gly Leu Val Leu Trp Glu Val Ala Arg 405 410 415 Arg Met Val Ser Aβn Gly He Val Glu Aβp Tyr Lys Pro Pro Phe Tyr 420 425 430 Asp Val Val Pro Aβn Asp Pro Ser Phe Glu Aβp Met Arg Lye Val Val 435 440 445 Cys Val Aβp Gin Gin Arg Pro Aβn He Pro Aβn Arg Trp Phe Ser Aβp 450 455 460 Pro Thr Leu Thr Ser Leu Ala Lys Leu Met Lys Glu Cys Trp Tyr Gin 465 470 475 480 Asn Pro Ser Ala Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lys Lys Thr Leu Thr 485 490 495 Lys He Asp Asn Ser Leu Asp Lys Leu Lys Thr Asp Cys 500 505 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 5: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 2932 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE: (A) ORGANISM: Homo sapiens (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 310..1905 (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 5: GCTCCGCGCC GAGGGCTGGA GGATGCGTTC CCTGGGGTCC GGACTTATGA AAATATGCAT 60 CAGTTTAATA CTGTCTTGGA ATTCATGAGA TGGAAGCATA GGTCAAAGCT GTTTGGAGAA 120 AATCAGAAGT ACAGTTTTAT CTAGCCACAT CTTGGAGGAG TCGTAAGAAA GCAGTGGGAG 180 TTGAAGTCAT TGTCAAGTGC TTGCGATCTT TTACAAGAAA ATCTCACTGA ATGATAGTCA 240 TTTAAATTGG TGAAGTAGCA AGACCAATTA TTAAAGGTGA CAGTACACAG GAAACATTAC 300 AATTGAACA ATG ACT CAG CTA TAC ATT TAC ATC AGA TTA TTG GGA GCC 348 Met Thr Gin Leu Tyr He Tyr He Arg Leu Leu Gly Ala 1 5 10 TAT TTG TTC ATC ATT TCT CGT GTT CAA GGA CAG AAT CTG GAT AGT ATG 396 Tyr Leu Phe He He Ser Arg Val Gin Gly Gin Asn Leu Asp Ser Met 15 20 25 CTT CAT GGC ACT GGG ATG AAA TCA GAC TCC GAC CAG AAA AAG TCA GAA 444 Leu Hie Gly Thr Gly Met Lye Ser Asp Ser Asp Gin Lys Lys Ser Glu 30 35 40 45 AAT GGA GTA ACC TTA GCA CCA GAG GAT ACC TTG CCT TTT TTA AAG TGC 492 Asn Gly Val Thr Leu Ala Pro Glu Aβp Thr Leu Pro Phe Leu Lys Cys 50 55 60 TAT TGC TCA GGG CAC TGT CCA GAT GAT GCT ATT AAT AAC ACA TGC ATA 540 Tyr Cys Ser Gly His Cys Pro Asp Asp Ala He Asn Aβn Thr Cys He 65 70 75 ACT AAT GGA CAT TGC TTT GCC ATC ATA GAA GAA GAT GAC CAG GGA GAA 588 Thr Asn Gly His Cys Phe Ala He He Glu Glu Asp Asp Gin Gly Glu 80 85 90 ACC ACA TTA GCT TCA GGG TGT ATG AAA TAT GAA GGA TCT GAT TTT CAG 636 Thr Thr Leu Ala Ser Gly Cys Met Lys Tyr Glu Gly Ser Asp Phe Gin 95 100 105 TGC AAA GAT TCT CCA AAA GCC CAG CTA CGC CGG ACA ATA GAA TGT TGT 684 Cys Lys Asp Ser Pro Lys Ala Gin Leu Arg Arg Thr He Glu Cys Cys 110 115 120 125 CGG ACC AAT TTA TGT AAC CAG TAT TTG CAA CCC ACA CTG CCC CCT GTT 732 Arg Thr Asn Leu Cys Asn Gin Tyr Leu Gin Pro Thr Leu Pro Pro Val 130 135 140 GTC ATA GGT CCG TTT TTT GAT GGC AGC ATT CGA TGG CTG GTT TTG CTC 780 Val He Gly Pro Phe Phe Asp Gly Ser He Arg Trp Leu Val Leu Leu 145 150 155 ATT TCT ATG GCT GTC TGC ATA ATT GCT ATG ATC ATC TTC TCC AGC TGC 828 He Ser Met Ala Val Cyβ He He Ala Met He He Phe Ser Ser Cys 160 165 170 TTT TGT TAC AAA CAT TAT TGC AAG AGC ATC TCA AGC AGA CGT CGT TAC 876 Phe Cys Tyr Lys His Tyr Cys Lys Ser He Ser Ser Arg Arg Arg Tyr 175 180 185 AAT CGT GAT TTG GAA CAG GAT GAA GCA TTT ATT CCA GTT GGA GAA TCA 924 Asn Arg Asp Leu Glu Gin Aβp Glu Ala Phe He Pro Val Gly Glu Ser 190 195 200 205 CTA AAA GAC CTT ATT GAC CAG TCA CAA AGT TCT GGT AGT GGG TCT GGA 972 Leu Lye Aβp Leu He Aβp Gin Ser Gin Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly 210 215 220 CTA CCT TTA TTG GTT CAG CGA ACT ATT GCC AAA CAG ATT CAG ATG GTC 1020 Leu Pro Leu Leu Val Gin Arg Thr He Ala Lye G n He Gin Met Val 225 230 235 CGG CAA GTT GGT AAA GGC CGA TAT GGA GAA GTA TGG ATG GGC AAA TGG 1068 Arg Gin Val Gly Lys Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Met Gly Lys Trp 240 245 250 CGT GGC GAA AAA GTG GCG GTG AAA GTA TTC TTT ACC ACT GAA GAA GCC 1116 Arg Gly Glu Lys Val Ala Val Lye Val Fhe Phe Thr Thr Glu Glu Ala 255 260 265 AGC TGG TTT CGA GAA ACA GAA ATC TAC CAA ACT GTG CTA ATG CGC CAT 1164 Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Thr Glu He Tyr Gin Thr Val Leu Met Arg His 270 275 280 285 GAA AAC ATA CTT GGT TTC ATA GCG GCA GAC ATT AAA GGT ACA GGT TCC 1212 Glu Asn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Asp He Lys Gly Thr Gly Ser 290 295 300 TGG ACT CAG CTC TAT TTG ATT ACT GAT TAC CAT GAA AAT GGA TCT CTC 1260 Trp Thr Gin Leu Tyr Leu He Thr Asp Tyr His Glu Asn Gly Ser Leu 305 310 315 TAT GAC TTC CTG AAA TCT GCT ACA CTG GAC ACC AGA GCC CTG CTT AAA 1308 Tyr Aβp Phe Leu Lys Cys Ala Thr Leu Aβp Thr Arg Ala Leu Leu Lys 320 325 330 TTG GCT TAT TCA GCT GCC TGT GGT CTG TGC CAC CTG CAC ACA GAA ATT 1356 Leu Ala Tyr Ser Ala Ala Cys Gly Leu Cys His Leu His Thr Glu He 335 340 345 TAT GGC ACC CAA GGA AAG CCC GCA ATT GCT CAT CGA GAC CTA AAG AGC 1404 Tyr Gly Thr Gin Gly Lys Pro Ala He Ala His Arg Asp Leu Lys Ser 350 355 360 ' 365 AAA AAC ATC CTC ATC AAG AAA AAT GGG AGT TGC TGC ATT GCT GAC CTG 1452 Lys Aβn He Leu He Lye Lye Aβn Gly Ser Cyβ Cyβ He Ala Asp Leu 370 375 380 GGC CTT GCT GTT AAA TTC AAC AGT GAC ACA AAT GAA GTT GAT GTG CCC 1500 Gly Leu Ala Val Lye Phe Aβn Ser Aβp Thr Aβn Glu Val Aβp Val Pro 385 390 395 TTG AAT ACC AGG GTG GGC ACC AAA CGC TAC ATG GCT CCC GAA GTG CTG 1548 Leu Aβn Thr Arg Val Gly Thr Lye Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu 400 405 410 GAC GAA AGC CTG AAC AAA AAC CAC TTC CAG CCC TAC ATC ATG GCT GAC 1596 Asp Glu Ser Leu Aβn Lye Aβn Hie Phe Gin Pro Tyr He Met Ala Asp 415 420 425 ATC TAC AGC TTC GGC CTA ATC ATT TGG GAG ATG GCT CGT CGT TGT ATC 1644 He Tyr Ser Phe Gly Leu He He Trp Glu Met Ala Arg Arg Cys He 430 435 440 445 ACA GGA GGG ATC GTG GAA GAA TAC CAA TTG CCA TAT TAC AAC ATG GTA 1692 Thr Gly Gly He Val Glu Glu Tyr Gin Leu Pro Tyr Tyr Asn Met Val 450 455 460 CCG AGT GAT CCG TCA TAC GAA GAT ATG CGT GAG GTT GTG TGT GTC AAA 1740 Pro Ser Asp Pro Ser Tyr Glu Asp Met Arg Glu Val Val Cys Val Lys 465 470 475 CGT TTG CGG CCA ATT GTG TCT AAT CGG TGG AAC AGT GAT GAA TGT CTA 1788 Arg Leu Arg Pro He Val Ser Asn Arg Trp Asn Ser Aβp Glu Cyβ Leu 480 485 490 CGA GCA GTT TTG AAG CTA ATG TCA GAA TGC TGG GCC CAC AAT CCA GCC 1836 Arg Ala Val Leu Lye Leu Met Ser Glu Cyβ Trp Ala His Asn Pro Ala 495 500 505 TCC AGA CTC ACA GCA TTG AGA ATT AAG AAG ACG CTT GCC AAG ATG GTT 1884 Ser Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lys Lys Thr Leu Ala Lys Met Val 510 515 520 525 GAA TCC CAA GAT GTA AAA ATC TGATGGTTAA ACCATCGGAG GAGAAACTCT 1935 AGACTGCAAG AACTGTTTTT ACCCATGGCA TGGGTGGAAT TAGAGTGGAA TAAGGATGTT 1995 AACTTGGTTC TCAGACTCTT TCTTCACTAC GTGTTCACAG GCTGCTAATA TTAAACCTTT 2055 CAGTACTCTT ATTAGGATAC AAGCTGGGAA CTTCTAAACA CTTCATTCTT TATATATGGA 2115 CAGCTTTATT TTAAATGTGG TTTTTGATGC CTTTTTTTAA GTGGGTTTTT ATGAACTGCA 2175 TCAAGACTTC AATCCTGATT AGTGTCTCCA GTCAAGCTCT GGGTACTGAA TTGCCTGTTC 2235 ATAAAACGGT GCTTTCTGTG AAAGCCTTAA GAAGATAAAT GAGCGCAGCA GAGATGGAGA 2295 AATAGACTTT GCCTTTTACC TGAGACATTC AGTTCGTTTG TATTCTACCT TTGTAAAACA 2355 GCCTATAGAT GATGATGTGT TTGGGATACT GCTTATTTTA TGATAGTTTC TCCTGTGTCC 2415 TTAGTGATGT GTGTGTGTCT CCATGCACAT GCACGCCGGG ATTCCTCTGC TGCCATTTGA 2475 ATTAGAAGAA AATAATTTAT ATGCATGCAC AGGAAGATAT TGGTGGCCGG TGGTTTTGTG 2535 CTTTAAAAAT GCAATATCTG ACCAAGATTC GCCAATCTCA TACAAGCCAT TTACTTTGCA 2595 AGTGAGATAG CTTCCCCACC AGCTTTATTT TTTAACATGA AAGCTGATGC CAAGGCCAAA 2655 AGAAGTTTAA AGCATCTGTA AATTTGGACT GTTTTCCTTC AACCACCATT TTTTTTGTGG 2715 TTATTATTTT TGTCACGGAA AGCATCCTCT CCAAAGTTGG AGCTTCTATT GCCATGAACC 2775 ATGCTTACAA AGAAAGCACT TCTTATTGAA GTGAATTCCT GCATTTGATA GCAATGTAAG 2835 TGCCTATAAC CATGTTCTAT ATTCTTTATT CTCAGTAACT TTTAAAAGGG AAGTTATTTA 2895 TATTTTGTGT ATAATGTGCT TTATTTGCAA ATCACCC 2932 ( 2 ) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 6 : ( i ) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS : (A) LENGTH: 532 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear ( ii ) MOLECULE TYPE: protein (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 6: Met Thr Gin Leu Tyr He Tyr He Arg Leu Leu Gly Ala Tyr Leu Phe 1 5 10 15 He He Ser Arg Val Gin Gly Gin Asn Leu Asp Ser Met Leu His Gly 20 25 30 Thr Gly Met Lys Ser Asp Ser Asp Gin Lys Lys Ser Glu Aβn Gly Val 35 40 45 Thr Leu Ala Pro Glu Aβp Thr Leu Pro Phe Leu Lye Cys Tyr Cys Ser 50 55 60 Gly His Cys Pro Aβp Aβp Ala He Aβn Asn Thr Cys He Thr Asn Gly 65 70 75 80 His Cys Phe Ala He He Glu Glu Aβp Asp Gin Gly Glu Thr Thr Leu 85 90 95 Ala Ser Gly Cys Met Lys Tyr Glu Gly Ser Asp Phe Gin Cyβ Lys Asp 100 105 110 Ser Pro Lye Ala Gin Leu Arg Arg Thr IIs Glu Cyβ Cys Arg Thr Aβn 115 120 125 Leu Cyβ Aβn Gin Tyr Leu Gin Pro Thr Leu Pro Pro Val Val He Gly 130 135 140 Pro Phe Phe Aβp Gly Ser He Arg Trp Leu Val Leu Leu He Ser Met 145 150 155 160 Ala Val Cyβ He He Ala Met He He Phe Ser Ser Cyβ Phe Cyβ Tyr 165 170 175 Lye Hie Tyr Cys Lys Ser He Ser Ser Arg Arg Arg Tyr Aβn Arg Aβp 180 185 190 Leu Glu Gin Aβp Glu Ala Phe He Pro Val Gly Glu Ser Leu Lys Asp 195 200 205 Leu He Aβp Gin Ser Gin Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Leu 210 215 220 Leu Val Gin Arg Thr He Ala Lye Gin He Gin Met Val Arg Gin Val 225 230 235 240 Gly Lye Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Met Gly Lye Trp Arg Gly Glu 245 250 255 Lys Val Ala Val Lys Val Phe Phe Thr Thr Glu Glu Ala Ser Trp Phe 260 265 270 Arg Glu Thr Glu He Tyr Gin Thr Val Leu Met Arg His Glu Asn He 275 280 285 Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Aβp He Lye Gly Thr Gly Ser Trp Thr Gin 290 295 300 Leu Tyr Leu He Thr Aβp Tyr His Glu Asn Gly Ser Leu Tyr Aβp Phe 305 310 315 320 Leu Lye Cyβ Ala Thr Leu Aβp Thr Arg Ala Leu Leu Lye Leu Ala Tyr 325 330 335 Ser Ala Ala Cyβ Gly Leu Cys His Leu Hie Thr Glu He Tyr Gly Thr 340 345 350 Gin Gly Lys Pro Ala He Ala His Arg Asp Leu Lys Ser Lys Aβn He 355 360 365 Leu He Lye Lye Asn Gly Ser Cys Cys He Ala Asp Leu Gly Leu Ala 370 375 380 Val Lys Phe Aβn Ser Aβp Thr Asn Glu Val Aβp Val Pro Leu Aβn Thr 385 390 395 400 Arg Val Gly Thr Lys Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Asp Glu Ser 405 410 415 Leu Asn Lys Aβn His Phe Gin Pro Tyr He Met Ala Asp He Tyr Ser 420 425 430 Phe Gly Leu He He Trp Glu Met Ala Arg Arg Cyβ He Thr Gly Gly 435 440 445 He Val Glu Glu Tyr Gin Leu Pro Tyr Tyr Aβn Met Val Pro Ser Aβp 450 455 460 Pro Ser Tyr Glu Aβp Met Arg Glu Val Val Cys Val Lys Arg Leu Arg 465 470 475 480 Pro He Val Ser Aβn Arg Trp Aβn Ser Aβp Glu Cyβ Leu Arg Ala Val 485 490 495 Leu Lys Leu Met Ser Glu Cyβ Trp Ala Hie Aβn Pro Ala Ser Arg Leu 500 505 510 Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lye Lys Thr Leu Ala Lys Met Val Glu Ser Gin 515 520 525 Asp Val Lye He 530 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 7: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 2333 base paire (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE: (A) ORGANISM: Homo βapiens (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 1..1515 (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 7: ATG GCG GAG TCG GCC GGA GCC TCC TCC TTC TTC CCC CTT CTT GTC CTC 48 Met Ala Glu Ser Ala Gly Ala Ser Ser Phe Phe Pro Leu Val Val Leu 1 5 10 15 CTG CTC GCC GGC AGC GGC GGG TCC GGG CCC CGG GGG GTC CAG GCT CTG 96 Leu Leu Ala Gly Ser Gly Gly Ser Gly Pro Arg Gly Val Gin Ala Leu 20 25 30 CTG TGT GCG TGC ACC AGC TGC CTC CAG GCC AAC TAC ACG TGT GAG ACA 144 Leu Cyβ Ala Cyβ Thr Ser Cyβ Leu Gin Ala Aβn Tyr Thr Cyβ Glu Thr 35 40 45 GAT GGG GCC TGC ATG GTT TCC TTT TTC AAT CTG GAT GGG ATG GAG CAC 192 Asp Gly Ala Cys Met Val Ser Phe Phe Asn Leu Aβp Gly Met Glu Hie 50 55 60 CAT GTG CGC ACC TGC ATC CCC AAA GTG GAG CTG GTC CCT GCC GGG AAG 240 Hie Val Arg Thr Cyβ He Pro Lye Val Glu Leu Val Pro Ala Gly Lye 65 70 75 80 CCC TTC TAC TGC CTG AGC TCG GAG GAC CTG CGC AAC ACC CAC TGC TGC 288 Pro Phe Tyr Cyβ Leu Ser Ser Glu Aβp Leu Arg Asn Thr His Cys Cys 85 90 95 TAC ACT GAC TAC TGC AAC AGG ATC GAC TTG AGG GTG CCC AGT GGT CAC 336 Tyr Thr Asp Tyr Cys Asn Arg He Asp Leu Arg Val Pro Ser Gly His 100 105 110 CTC AAG GAG CCT GAG CAC CCG TCC ATG TGG GGC CCG GTG GAG CTG GTA 384 Leu Lys Glu Pro Glu His Pro Ser Met Trp Gly Pro Val Glu Leu Val 115 120 125 GGC ATC ATC GCC GGC CCG GTG TTC CTC CTG TTC CTC ATC ATC ATC ATT 432 Gly He He Ala Gly Pro Val Phe Leu Leu Phe Leu He He He He 130 135 140 GTT TTC CTT GTC ATT AAC TAT CAT CAG CGT GTC TAT CAC AAC CGC CAG 480 Val Phe Leu Val He Asn Tyr His Gin Arg Val Tyr His Asn Arg Gin 145 150 155 160 AGA CTG GAC ATG GAA GAT CCC TCA TGT GAG ATG TGT CTC TCC AAA GAC 528 Arg Leu Asp Met Glu Asp Pro Ser Cys Glu Met Cys Leu Ser Lys Asp 165 170 175 AAG ACG CTC CAG GAT CTT GTC TAC GAT CTC TCC ACC TCA GGG TCT GGC 576 Lys Thr Leu Gin Asp Leu Val Tyr Aβp Leu Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser Gly 180 185 190 TCA GGG TTA CCC CTC TTT GTC CAG CGC ACA GTG GCC CGA ACC ATC GTT 624 Ser Gly Leu Pro Leu Phe Val Gin Arg Thr Val Ala Arg Thr He Val 195 200 205 TTA CAA GAG ATT ATT GGC AAG GGT CGG TTT GGG GAA GTA TGG CGG GGC 672 Leu Gin Glu He He Gly Lye Gly Arg Phe Gly Glu Val Trp Arg Gly 210 215 220 CGC TGG AGG GGT GGT GAT GTG GCT GTG AAA ATA TTC TCT TCT CGT GAA 720 Arg Trp Arg Gly Gly Asp Val Ala Val Lys He Phe Ser Ser Arg Glu 225 230 235 240 GAA CGG TCT TGG TTC AGG GAA GCA GAG ATA TAC CAG ACG GTC ATG CTG 768 Glu Arg Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Ala Glu He Tvr Gin Thr Val Met Leu 245 250 255 CGC CAT GAA AAC ATC CTT GGA TTT ATT GCT GCT GAC AAT AAA GAT AAT 816 Arg His Glu Aβn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Aβp Asn Lys Aβp Asn 260 265 270 GGC ACC TGG ACA CAG CTG TGG CTT GTT TCT GAC TAT CAT GAG CAC GGG 864 Gly Thr Trp Thr Gin Leu Trp Leu Val Ser Aβp Tyr His Glu Hie Gly 275 280 285 TCC CTG TTT GAT TAT CTG AAC CGG TAC ACA GTG ACA ATT GAG GGG ATG 912 Ser Leu Phe Aβp Tyr Leu Aβn Arg Tyr Thr Val Thr He Glu Gly Met 290 295 300 ATT AAG CTG GCC TTG TCT GCT GCT AGT GGG CTG GCA CAC CTG CAC ATG 960 He Lys Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala His Leu His Met 305 310 315 320 GAG ATC GTG GGC ACC CAA GGG AAG CCT GGA ATT GCT CAT CGA GAC TTA 1008 Glu He Val Gly Thr Gin Gly Lys Pro Gly He Ala His Arg Asp Leu 325 330 335 AAG TCA AAG AAC ATT CTG GTG AAG AAA AAT GGC ATG TGT GCC ATA GCA 1056 Lys Ser Lye Aβn He Leu Val Lye Lye Aβn Gly Met Cyβ Ala He Ala 340 345 350 GAC CTG GGC CTG GCT GTC CGT CAT GAT GCA GTC ACT GAC ACC ATT GAC 1104 Aβp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Arg His Aβp Ala Val Thr Asp Thr He Asp 355 360 365 ATT GCC CCG AAT CAG AGG GTG GGG ACC AAA CGA TAC ATG GCC CCT GAA 1152 He Ala Pro Asn Gin Arg Val Gly Thr Lys Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu 370 375 380 GTA CTT GAT GAA ACC ATT AAT ATG AAA CAC TTT GAC TCC TTT AAA TGT 1200 Val Leu Asp Glu Thr He Asn Met Lys His Phe Asp Ser Phe Lys Cys 385 390 395 400 GCT GAT ATT TAT GCC CTC GGG CTT GTA TAT TGG GAG ATT GCT CGA AGA 1248 Ala Asp He Tyr Ala Leu Gly Leu Val Tyr Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg 405 410 415 TGC AAT TCT GGA GGA GTC CAT GAA GAA TAT CAG CTG CCA TAT TAC GAC 1296 Cys Asn Ser Gly Gly Val His Glu Glu Tyr Gin Leu Pro Tyr Tyr λβp 420 425 430 TTA GTG CCC TCT GAC CCT TCC ATT GAG GAA ATG CGA AAG GTT GTA TGT 1344 Leu Val Pro Ser Asp Pro Ser He Glu Glu Met Arg Lys Val Val Cyβ 435 440 445 GAT CAG AAG CTG CGT CCC AAC ATC CCC AAC TGG TGG CAG AGT TAT GAG 1392 Aβp Gin Lys Leu Arg Pro Asn He Pro Asn Trp Trp Gin Ser Tyr Glu 450 455 460 GCA CTG CGG GTG ATG GGG AAG ATG ATG CGA GAG TGT TGG TAT GCC AAC 1440 Ala Leu Arg Val Met Gly Lys Met Met Arg Glu Cys Trp Tyr Ala Aβn 465 470 475 480 GGC GCA GCC CGC CTG ACG GCC CTG CGC ATC AAG AAG ACC CTC TCC CAG 1488 Gly Ala Ala Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lye Lye Thr Leu Ser Gin 485 490 495 CTC AGC GTG CAG GAA GAC GTG AAG ATC TAACTGCTCC CTCTCTCCAC 1535 Leu Ser Val Gin Glu Aβp Val Lye He 500 505 ACGGAGCTCC TGGCAGCGAG AACTACGCAC AGCTGCCGCG TTGAGCGTAC GATGGAGGCC 1595 TACCTCTCGT TTCTGCCCAG CCCTCTGTGG CCAGGAGCCC TGGCCCGCAA GAGGGACAGA 1655 GCCCGGGAGA GACTCGCTCA CTCCCATGTT GGGTTTGAGA CAGACACCTT TTCTATTTAC 1715 CTCCTAATGG CATGGAGACT CTGAGAGCGA ATTGTGTGGA GAACTCAGTG CCACACCTCG 1775 AACTGGTTGT AGTGGGAAGT CCCGCGAAAC CCGGTGCATC TGGCACGTGG CCAGGAGCCA 1835 TGACAGGGGC GCTTGGGAGG GGCCGGAGGA ACCGAGGTGT TGCCAGTGCT AAGCTGCCCT 1895 GAGGGTTTCC TTCGGGGACC AGCCCACAGC ACACCAAGGT GGCCCGGAAG AACCAGAAGT 1955 GCAGCCCCTC TCACAGGCAG CTCTGAGCCG CGCTTTCCCC TCCTCCCTGG GATGGACGCT 2015 GCCGGGAGAC TGCCAGTGGA GACGGAATCT GCCGCTTTGT CTGTCCAGCC GTGTGTGCAT 2075 GTGCCGAGGT GCCTCCCCCG TTGTGCCTGG TTCGTGCCAT GCCCTTACAC GTGCGTGTGA 2135 GTGTGTGTGT GTGTCTGTAG GTGCGCACTT ACCTGCTTGA GCTTTCTGTG CATGTGCAGG 2195 TCGGGGGTGT GGTCGTCATG CTGTCCGTGC TTGCTGGTGC CTCTTTTCAG TAGTGAGCAG 2255 CATCTAGTTT CCCTGGTGCC CTTCCCTGGA GGTCTCTCCC TCCCCCAGAG CCCCTCATGC 2315 CACAGTGGTA CTCTGTGT 2333 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 8: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 505 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 8: Met Ala Glu Ser Ala Gly Ala Ser Ser Phe Phe Pro Leu Val Val Leu 1 5 10 15 Leu Leu Ala Gly Ser Gly Gly Ser Gly Pro Arg Gly Val Gin Ala Leu 20 25 30 Leu Cys Ala Cys Thr Ser Cys Leu Gin Ala Asn Tyr Thr Cys Glu Thr 35 40 45 Asp Gly Ala Cyβ Met Val Ser Phe Phe Aβn Leu Aβp Gly Met Glu His 50 55 60 Hie Val Arg Thr Cyβ He Pro Lye Val Glu Leu Val Pro Ala Gly Lye 65 70 75 80 Pro Phe Tvr Cyβ Leu Ser Ser Glu Aβp Leu Arg Aβn Thr His Cyβ Cyβ 85 90 95 Tyr Thr Asp Tyr Cys Aβn Arg He Asp Leu Arg Val Pro Ser Gly His 100 105 110 Leu Lys Glu Pro Glu His Pro Ser Met Trp Gly Pro Val Glu Leu Val 115 120 125 Gly He He Ala Gly Pro Val Phe Leu Leu Phe Leu He He He He 130 135 140 Val Phe Leu Val He Aβn Tyr Hie Gin Arg Val Tyr Hie Aβn Arg Gin 145 150 155 160 Arg Leu Aβp Met Glu Aβp Pro Ser Cyβ Glu Met Cyβ Leu Ser Lye Aβp 165 170 175 Lye Thr Leu Gin Aβp Leu Val Tyr Aβp Leu Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser Gly 180 185 190 Ser Gly Leu Pro Leu Phe Val Gin Arg Thr Val Ala Arg Thr He Val 195 200 205 Leu Gin Glu He He Gly Lye Gly Arg Phe Gly Glu Val Trp Arg Gly 210 215 220 Arg Trp Arg Gly Gly Aβp Val Ala Val Lye He Phe Ser Ser Arg Glu 225 230 235 240 Glu Arg Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Ala Glu He Tyr Gin Thr Val Met Leu 245 250 255 Arg Hie Glu Aβn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Aβp Aβn Lye Aβp Aβn 260 265 270 Gly Thr Trp Thr Gin Leu Trp Leu Val Ser Asp Tyr His Glu Hie Gly 275 280 285 Ser Leu Phe Aβp Tyr Leu Asn Arg Tyr Thr Val Thr He Glu Gly Met 290 295 300 He Lys Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala Hie Leu Hie Met 305 310 315 320 Glu He Val Gly Thr Gin Gly Lye Pro Gly He Ala Hie Arg Aβp Leu 325 330 335 Lye Ser Lye Aβn He Leu Val Lye Lys Asn Gly Met Cys Ala He Ala 340 345 350 Asp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Arg Hie Aβp Ala Val Thr Aβp Thr He Aβp 355 360 365 He Ala Pro Asn Gin Arg Val Gly Thr Lys Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu 370 375 380 Val Leu Asp Glu Thr He Asn Met Lys His Phe Asp Ser Phe Lys Cys 385 390 395 400 Ala Aβp He Tyr Ala Leu Gly Leu Val Tyr Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg 405 410 415 Cyβ Aβn Ser Gly Gly Val His Glu Glu Tyr Gin Leu Pro Tyr Tyr Asp 420 425 430 Leu Val Pro Ser Asp Pro Ser He Glu Glu Met Arg Lys Val Val Cys 435 440 445 Asp Gin Lys Leu Arg Pro Aβn He Pro Aβn Trp Trp Gin Ser Tyr Glu 450 455 460 Ala Leu Arg Val Met Gly Lye Met Met Arg Glu Cyβ Trp Tyr Ala Aβn 465 470 475 480 Gly Ala Ala Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lys Lys Thr Leu Ser Gin 485 490 495 Leu Ser Val Gin Glu Asp Val Lys He 500 505 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 9: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 2308 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE: (A) ORGANISM: Mouse (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 77..1585 (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 9: GGCGAGGCGA GGTTTGCTGG GGTGAGGCAG CGGCGCGGCC GGGCCGGGCC GGGCCACAGG 60 CGGTGGCGGC GGGACC ATG GAG GCG GCG GTC GCT GCT CCG CGT CCC CGG 109 Met Glu Ala Ala Val Ala Ala Pro Arg Pro Arg 1 5 10 CTG CTC CTC CTC GTG CTG GCG GCG GCG GCG GCG GCG GCG GCG GCG CTG 157 Leu Leu Leu Leu Val Leu Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Leu 15 20 25 CTC CCG GGG GCG ACG GCG TTA CAG TGT TTC TGC CAC CTC TGT ACA AAA 205 Leu Pro Gly Ala Thr Ala Leu Gin Cys Phe Cys His Leu Cys Thr Lys 30 35 40 GAC AAT TTT ACT TGT GTG ACA GAT GGG CTC TGC TTT GTC TCT GTC ACA 253 Asp Asn Phe Thr Cys Val Thr Asp Gly Leu Cys Phe Val Ser Val Thr 45 50 55 GAG ACC ACA GAC AAA GTT ATA CAC AAC AGC ATG TGT ATA GCT GAA ATT 301 Glu Thr Thr Asp Lys Val He His Aβn Ser Met Cyβ He Ala Glu He 60 65 70 75 GAC TTA ATT CCT CGA GAT AGG CCG TTT GTA TGT GCA CCC TCT TCA AAA 349 Aβp Leu He Pro Arg Aβp Arg Pro Phe Val Cys Ala Pro Ser Ser Lys 80 85 90 ACT GGG TCT GTG ACT ACA ACA TAT TGC TGC AAT CAG GAC CAT TGC AAT 397 Thr Gly Ser Val Thr Thr Thr Tyr Cyβ Cyβ Aβn Gin Aβp Hie Cys Asn 95 100 105 AAA ATA GAA CTT CCA ACT ACT GTA AAG TCA TCA CCT GGC CTT GGT CCT 445 Lys He Glu Leu Pro Thr Thr Val Lys Ser Ser Pro Gly Leu Gly Pro 110 115 120 GTG GAA CTG GCA GCT GTC ATT GCT GGA CCA GTG TGC TTC GTC TGC ATC 493 Val Glu Leu Ala Ala Val He Ala Gly Pro Val Cys Phe Val Cyβ He 125 130 135 TCA CTC ATG TTG ATG GTC TAT ATC TGC CAC AAC CGC ACT GTC ATT CAC 541 Ser Leu Met Leu Met Val Tyr He Cys Hie Aβn Arg Thr Val He Hie 140 145 150 155 CAT CGA GTG CCA AAT GAA GAG GAC CCT TCA TTA GAT CGC CCT TTT ATT 589 Hie Arg Val Pro Aβn Glu Glu Asp Pro Ser Leu Aβp Arg Pro Phe He 160 165 170 TCA GAG GGT ACT ACG TTG AAA GAC TTA ATT TAT GAT ATG ACA ACG TCA 637 Ser Glu Gly Thr Thr Leu Lye Aβp Leu He Tyr Aβp Met Thr Thr Ser 175 180 185 GGT TCT GGC TCA GGT TTA CCA TTG CTT GTT CAG AGA ACA ATT GCG AGA 685 Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Leu Leu Val Gin Arg Thr He Ala Arg 190 195 200 ACT ATT GTG TTA CAA GAA AGC ATT GGC AAA GGT CGA TTT GGA GAA GTT 733 Thr He Val Leu Gin Glu Ser He Gly Lye Gly Arg Phe Gly Glu Val 205 210 215 TGG AGA GGA AAG TGG CGG GGA GAA GAA GTT GCT GTT AAG ATA TTC TCC 781 Trp Arg Gly Lys Trp Arg Gly Glu Glu Val Ala Val Lys He Phe Ser 220 225 230 235 TCT AGA GAA GAA CGT TCG TGG TTC CGT GAG GCA GAG ATT TAT CAA ACT 829 Ser Arg Glu Glu Arg Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Ala Glu He Tyr Gin Thr 240 245 250 GTA ATG TTA CGT CAT GAA AAC ATC CTG GGA TTT ATA GCA GCA GAC AAT 877 Val Met Leu Arg His Glu Asn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Asp Asn 255 260 265 AAA GAC AAT GGT ACT TGG ACT CAG CTC TGG TTG GTG TCA GAT TAT CAT 925 Lys Asp Aβn Gly Thr Trp Thr Gin Leu Trp Leu Val Ser Aβp Tyr Hie 270 275 280 GAG CAT GGA TCC CTT TTT GAT TAC TTA AAC AGA TAC ACA GTT ACT GTG 973 Glu Hie Gly Ser Leu Phe Aβp Tyr Leu Aβn Arg Tyr Thr Val Thr Val 285 290 295 GAA GGA ATG ATA AAA CTT GCT CTG TCC ACG GCG AGC GGT CTT GCC CAT 1021 Glu Gly Met He Lys Leu Ala Leu Ser Thr Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala His 300 305 310 315 CTT CAC ATG GAG ATT GTT GGT ACC CAA GGA AAG CCA GCC ATT GCT CAT 1069 Leu His Met Glu He Val Gly Thr Gin Gly Lye Pro Ala He Ala Hie 320 325 330 AGA GAT TTG AAA TCA AAG AAT ATC TTG GTA AAG AAG AAT GGA ACT TGC 1117 Arg Asp Leu Lys Ser Lys Asn He Leu Val Lys Lys Aβn Gly Thr Cyβ 335 340 345 TGT ATT GCA GAC TTA GGA CTG GCA GTA AGA CAT GAT TCA GCC ACA GAT 1165 Cvβ He Ala Aβp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Arg Hie Aβp Ser Ala Thr Asp 350 355 360 ACC ATT GAT ATT GCT CCA AAC CAC AGA GTG GGA ACA AAA AGG TAC ATG 1213 Thr He Aβp He Ala Pro Aβn Hie Arg Val Gly Thr Lye Arg Tyr Met 365 370 375 GCC CCT GAA GTT CTC GAT GAT TCC ATA AAT ATG AAA CAT TTT GAA TCC 1261 Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Aβp Aβp Ser He Asn Met Lys His Phe Glu Ser 380 385 390 395 TTC AAA CGT GCT GAC ATC TAT GCA ATG GGC TTA GTA TTC TGG GAA ATT 1309 Phe Lys Arg Ala Asp He Tyr Ala Met Gly Leu Val Phe Trp Glu He 400 405 410 GCT CGA CGA TGT TCC ATT GGT GGA ATT CAT GAA GAT TAC CAA CTG CCT 1357 Ala Arg Arg Cys Ser He Gly Gly He His Glu Aβp Tyr Gin Leu Pro 415 420 425 TAT TAT GAT CTT GTA CCT TCT GAC CCA TCA GTT GAA GAA ATG AGA AAA 1405 Tyr Tyr Asp Leu Val Pro Ser Aβp Pro Ser Val Glu Glu Met Arg Lye 430 435 440 GTT GTT TGT GAA CAG AAG TTA AGG CCA AAT ATC CCA AAC AGA TGG CAG 1453 Val Val Cyβ Glu Gin Lys Leu Arg Pro Asn He Pro Asn Arg Trp Gin 445 450 455 AGC TGT GAA GCC TTG AGA GTA ATG GCT AAA ATT ATG AGA GAA TGT TGG 1501 Ser Cvs Glu Ala Leu Arg Val Met Ala Lye He Met Arg Glu Cyβ Trp 460 " 465 470 475 TAT GCC AAT GGA GCA GCT AGG CTT ACA GCA TTG Tyr Ala Aβn Gly Ala Ala Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu 480 485 TTA TCG CAA CTC AGT CAA CAG GAA GGC ATC AAA Leu Ser Gin Leu Ser Gin Gin Glu Gly He Lye 495 500 GCTTTGCCTG AACTCTCCTT TTTTCTTCAG ATCTGCTCCT AGTTGTTCTA CCTCACTGAG AGGGAACAGA AGGATATTGC TAAAGTCAAT TAAAAACTTC CCAGGATTTC TTTGGACCCA TTTCTGTGCA CTATGAACGC TTCTTTCCCA GGACAGAAAA TTTATTAACA AAACTTGTTT TTTAAAAAGA TGATTGCTGG GCTGTGCTGG AGATCATCTT TAAGGGCAAA GGAGTTGGAT TGTCTTATTA CTAAAGAAAG TGATTTACTC CTGGTTAGTA CCACTAGAGT TTCCTTGATT CAGACTTTGA ATGTACTGTT AAAACTAACA CTTATAAAAC TCTTATCTTG AGTCTAAAAA GAACATAATT CATGCAATTG TATTTTGTAT ACTATTATTG ATTACATGCC TTCAAAATGG GATTGTACTA TACCAGTAAG AATGGAAATG AGTAGAATTG CTGAAAGTCT CTATGTTAAA (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 10: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 503 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 10: Met Glu Ala Ala Val Ala Ala Pro Arg Pro Arg Leu Leu Leu Leu Val 1 5 10 15 Leu Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Leu Leu Pro Gly Ala Thr 20 25 30 Ala Leu Gin Cyβ Phe Cγβ Hie Leu Cyβ Thr Lye Asp Asn Phe Thr Cyβ 35 40 45 Val Thr Aβp Gly Leu Cyβ Phe Val Ser Val Thr Glu Thr Thr Aβp Lye 50 55 60 Val He Hie Aβn Ser Met Cyβ He Ala Glu He Asp Leu He Pro Arg 65 70 75 80 Asp Arg Pro Phe Val Cys Ala Pro Ser Ser Lys Thr Gly Ser Val Thr 85 90 95 Thr Thr Tyr Cys Cys Asn Gin Asp His Cys Asn Lys He Glu Leu Pro 100 105 110 Thr Thr Val Lys Ser Ser Pro Gly Leu Gly Pro Val Glu Leu Ala Ala 115 120 125 Val He Ala Gly Pro Val Cys Phe Val Cyβ He Ser Leu Met Leu Met 130 135 140 Val Tyr He Cyβ Hie Asn Arg Thr Val He His His Arg Val Pro Asn 145 150 155 160 Glu Glu Asp Pro Ser Leu Aβp Arg Pro Phe He Ser Glu Gly Thr Thr 165 170 175 Leu Lys Asp Leu He Tyr Asp Met Thr Thr Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly 180 185 190 Leu Pro Leu Leu Val Gin Arg Thr He Ala Arg Thr He Val Leu Gin 195 200 205 Glu Ser He Gly Lys Gly Arg Phe Gly Glu Val Trp Arg Gly Lys Trp 210 215 220 Arg Gly Glu Glu Val Ala Val Lys He Phe Ser Ser Arg Glu Glu Arg 225 230 235 240 Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Ala Glu He Tyr Gin Thr Val Met Leu Arg His 245 250 255 Glu Asn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Asp Asn Lys Asp Asn Gly Thr 260 265 270 Trp Thr Gin Leu Trp Leu Val Ser Asp Tyr His Glu His Gly Ser Leu 275 280 285 Phe Asp Tyr Leu Aβn Arg Tyr Thr Val Thr Val Glu Gly Met He Lys 290 295 300 Leu Ala Leu Ser Thr Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala His Leu His Met Glu He 305 310 315 320 Val Gly Thr Gin Gly Lys Pro Ala He Ala His Arg Asp Leu Lys Ser 325 330 335 Lys Asn He Leu Val Lye Lye Asn Gly Thr Cys Cys He Ala Asp Leu 340 345 350 Gly Leu Ala Val Arg Hie Aβp Ser Ala Thr Asp Thr He Aβp He Ala 355 360 365 Pro Asn Hie Arg Val Gly Thr Lye Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu 370 375 380 Asp Asp Ser He Asn Met Lys His Phe Glu Ser Phe Lys Arg Ala Asp 385 390 395 400 He Tyr Ala Met Gly Leu Val Phe Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg Cys Ser 405 410 415 He Gly Gly He His Glu Asp Tyr Gin Leu Pro Tyr Tyr Aβp Leu Val 420 425 430 Pro Ser Aβp Pro Ser Val Glu Glu Met Arg Lye Val Val Cyβ Glu Gin 435 440 445 Lye Leu Arg Pro Aβn He Pro Aβn Arg Trp Gin Ser Cyβ Glu Ala Leu 450 455 460 Arg Val Met Ala Lye He Met Arg Glu Cyβ Trp Tyr Ala Aβn Gly Ala 465 470 475 480 Ala Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lye Lye Thr Leu Ser Gin Leu Ser 485 490 495 Gin Gin Glu Gly He Lye Met 500 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 11: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 1922 baβe pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE: (A) ORGANISM: Mouse (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 241..1746 (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 11: GAGAGCACAG CCCTTCCCAG TCCCCGGAGC CGCCGCGCCA CGCGCGCATG ATCAAGACCT 60 TTTCCCCGGC CCCACAGGGC CTCTGGACGT GAGACCCCGG CCGCCTCCGC AAGGAGAGGC 120 GGGGGTCGAG TCGCCCTGTC CAAAGGCCTC AATCTAAACA ATCTTGATTC CTGTTGCCGG 180 CTGGCGGGAC CCTGAATGGC AGGAAATCTC ACCACATCTC TTCTCCTATC TCCAAGGACC 240 ATG ACC TTG GGG AGC TTC AGA AGG GGC CTT TTG ATG CTG TCG GTG GCC 288 Met Thr Leu Gly Ser Phe Arg Arg Gly Leu Leu Met Leu Ser Val Ala 1 5 10 15 TTG GGC CTA ACC CAG GGG AGA CTT GCG AAG CCT TCC AAG CTG GTG AAC 336 Leu Gly Leu Thr Gin Gly Arg Leu Ala Lys Pro Ser Lys Leu Val Aβn 20 25 30 TGC ACT TGT GAG AGC CCA CAC TGC AAG AGA CCA TTC TGC CAG GGG TCA 384 Cys Thr Cys Glu Ser Pro His Cyβ Lye Arg Pro Phe Cys Gin Gly Ser 35 40 45 TGG TGC ACA GTG GTG CTG GTT CGA GAG CAG GGC AGG CAC CCC CAG GTC 432 Trp Cys Thr Val Val Leu Val Arg Glu Gin Gly Arg His Pro Gin Val 50 55 60 TAT CGG GGC TGT GGG AGC CTG AAC CAG GAG CTC TGC TTG GGA CGT CCC 480 Tyr Arg Gly Cyβ Gly Ser Leu Asn Gin Glu Leu Cys Leu Gly Arg Pro 65 70 75 80 ACG GAG TTT CTG AAC CAT CAC TGC TGC TAT AGA TCC TTC TGC AAC CAC 528 Thr Glu Phe Leu Aβn Hie Hio Cyβ Cyβ Tyr Arg Ser Phe Cyβ Aβn His 85 90 95 AAC GTG TCT CTG ATG CTG GAG GCC ACC CAA ACT CCT TCG GAG GAG CCA 576 Asn Val Ser Leu Met Leu Glu Ala Thr Gin Thr Pro Ser Glu Glu Pro 100 105 110 GAA GTT GAT GCC CAT CTG CCT CTG ATC CTG GGT CCT GTG CTG GCC TTG 624 Glu Val Asp Ala His Leu Pro Leu He Leu Gly Pro Val Leu Ala Leu 115 120 125 CCG GTC CTG GTG GCC CTG GGT GCT CTG GGC TTG TGG CGT GTC CGG CGG 672 Pro Val Leu Val Ala Leu Gly Ala Leu Gly Leu Trp Arg Val Arg Arg 130 135 140 AGG CAG GAG AAG CAG CGG GAT TTG CAC AGT GAC CTG GGC GAG TCC AGT 720 Arg Gin Glu Lys Gin Arg Asp Leu His Ser Aβp Leu Gly Glu Ser Ser 145 150 155 160 CTC ATC CTG AAG GCA TCT GAA CAG GCA GAC AGC ATG TTG GGG GAC TTC 768 Leu He Leu Lys Ala Ser Glu Gin Ala Asp Ser Met Leu Gly Aβp Phe 165 170 175 CTG GAC AGC GAC TGT ACC ACG GGC AGC GGC TCG GGG CTC CCC TTC TTG 816 Leu Asp Ser Asp Cys Thr Thr Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Phe Leu 180 185 190 GTG CAG AGG ACG GTA GCT CGG CAG GTT GCG CTG GTA GAG TGT GTG GGA 864 Val Gin Arg Thr Val Ala Arg Gin Val Ala Leu Val Glu Cyβ Val Gly 195 200 205 AAG GGC CGA TAT GGC GAG GTG TGG CGC GGT TCG TGG CAT GGC GAA AGC 912 Lye Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Arg Gly Ser Trp Hie Gly Glu Ser 210 215 220 GTG GCG GTC AAG ATT TTC TCC TCA CGA GAT GAG CAG TCC TGG TTC CGG 960 Val Ala Val Lye He Phe Ser Ser Arg Asp Giu Gin Ser Trp Phe Arg 225 230 235 240 GAG ACG GAG ATC TAC AAC ACA GTT CTG CTT AGA CAC GAC AAC ATC CTA 1008 Glu Thr Glu He Tyr Asn Thr Val Leu Leu Arg Hie Aβp Asn He Leu 245 250 255 GGC TTC ATC GCC TCC GAC ATG ACT TCG CGG AAC TCG AGC ACG CAG CTG 1056 Gly Phe He Ala Ser Aβp Met Thr Ser Arg Asn Ser Ser Thr Gin Leu 260 265 270 TGG CTC ATC ACC CAC TAC CAT GAA CAC GGC TCC CTC TAT GAC TTT CTG 1104 Trp Leu He Thr Hie Tyr Hie Glu Hie Gly Ser Leu Tyr Aβp Phe Leu 275 280 285 CAG AGG CAG ACG CTG GAG CCC CAG TTG GCC CTG AGG CTA GCT GTG TCC 1152 Gin Arg Gin Thr Leu Glu Pro Gin Leu Ala Leu Arg Leu Ala Val Ser 290 295 300 CCG GCC TGC GGC CTG GCG CAC CTA CAT GTG GAG ATC TTT GGC ACT CAA 1200 Pro Ala Cyβ Gly Leu Ala Hie Leu His Val Glu He Phe Gly Thr Gin 305 310 315 320 GGC AAA CCA GCC ATT GCC CAT CGT GAC CTC AAG AGT CGC AAT GTG CTG 1248 Gly Lys Pro Ala He Ala His Arg Asp Leu Lys Ser Arg Aβn Val Leu 325 330 335 GTC AAG AGT AAC TTG CAG TGT TGC ATT GCA GAC CTG GGA CTG GCT GTG 1296 Val Lys Ser Asn Leu Gin Cyβ Cys He Ala Aβp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val 340 345 350 ATG CAC TCA CAA AGC AAC GAG TAC CTG GAT ATC GGC AAC ACA CCC CGA 1344 Met His Ser Gin Ser Asn Glu Tyr Leu Asp He Gly Asn Thr Pro Arg 355 360 365 GTG GGT ACC AAA AGA TAC ATG GCA CCC GAG GTG CTG GAT GAG CAC ATC 1392 Val Gly Thr Lys Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Asp Glu His He 370 375 380 CGC ACA GAC TGC TTT GAG TCG TAC AAG TGG ACA GAC ATC TGG GCC TTT 1440 Arg Thr Asp Cys Phe Glu Ser Tyr Lye Trp Thr Asp He Trp Ala Phe 385 390 395 400 GGC CTA GTG CTA TGG GAG ATC GCC CGG CGG ACC ATC ATC AAT GGC ATT 1488 Gly Leu Val Leu Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg Thr Ho He Asn Gly He 405 410 415 GTG GAG GAT TAC AGG CCA CCT TTC TAT GAC ATG GTA CCC AAT GAC CCC 1536 Val Glu Asp Tyr Arg Pro Pro Phe Tyr Aβp Met Val Pro Aβn Aβp Pro 420 425 430 AGT TTT GAG GAC ATG AAA AAG GTG GTG TGC GTT GAC CAG CAG ACA CCC 1584 Ser Phe Glu Aβp Met Lye Lys Val Val Cyβ Val Asp Gin Gin Thr Pro 435 440 445 ACC ATC CCT AAC CGG CTG GCT GCA GAT CCG GTC CTC TCC GGG CTG GCC 1632 Thr He Pro Asn Arg Leu Ala Ala Asp Pro Val Leu Ser Gly Leu Ala 450 455 460 CAG ATG ATG AGA GAG TGC TGG TAC CCC AAC CCC TCT GCT CGC CTC ACC 1680 Gin Met Met Arg Glu Cys Trp Tyr Pro Asn Pro Ser Ala Arg Leu Thr 465 470 475 480 GCA CTG CGC ATA AAG AAG ACA TTG CAG AAG CTC AGT CAC AAT CCA GAG 1728 Ala Leu Arg He Lys Lvs Thr Leu Gin Lye Leu Ser Hie Asn Pro Glu 485 490 495 AAG CCC AAA GTG ATT CAC TAGCCCAGGG CCACCAGGCT TCCTCTGCCT 1776 Lys Pro Lye Val He His 500 AAAGTGTGTG CTGGGGAAGA AGACATAGCC TGTCTGGGTA GAGGGAGTGA AGAGAGTGTG 1836 CACGCTGCCC TGTGTGTGCC TGCTCAGCTT GCTCCCAGCC CATCCAGCCA AAAATACAGC 1896 TGAGCTGAAA TTCAAAAAAA AAAAAA 1922 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 12: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 502 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 12: Met Thr Leu Gly Ser Phe Arg Arg Gly Leu' Leu Met Leu Ser Val Ala 1 5 10 15 Leu Gly Leu Thr Gin Gly Arg Leu Ala Lys Pro Ser Lys Leu Val Asn 20 25 30 Cys Thr Cyβ Glu Ser Pro His Cys Lys Arg Pro Phe Cyβ Gin Gly Ser 35 40 45 Trp Cys Thr Val Val Leu Val Arg Glu Gin Gly Arg His Pro Gin Val 50 55 60 Tyr Arg Gly Cyβ Gly Ser Leu Aβn Gin Glu Leu Cyβ Leu Gly Arg Pro 65 70 75 80 Thr Glu Phe Leu Asn Hie Hie Cyβ Cyβ Tyr Arg Ser Phe Cyβ Aβn Hie 85 90 95 Aβn Val Ser Leu Met Leu Glu Ala Thr Gin Thr Pro Ser Glu Glu Pro 100 105 110 Glu Val Asp Ala His Leu Pro Leu He Leu Gly Pro Val Leu Ala Leu 115 120 125 Pro Val Leu Val Ala Leu Gly Ala Leu Gly Leu Trp Arg Val Arg Arg 130 135 140 Arg Gin Glu Lys Gin Arg Aβp Leu His Ser Aβp Leu Gly Glu Ser Ser 145 150 155 160 Leu He Leu Lye Ala Ser Glu Gin Ala Asp Ser Met Leu Gly Aβp Phe 165 170 175 Leu Asp Ser Aβp Cyβ Thr Thr Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Phe Leu 180 185 190 Val Gin Arg Thr Val Ala Arg Gin Val Ala Leu Val Glu Cyβ Val Gly 195 200 205 Lya Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Arg Gly Ser Trp His Gly Glu Ser 210 215 220 Val Ala Val Lye He Phe Ser Ser Arg Asp Glu Gin Ser Trp Phe Arg 225 230 235 240 Glu Thr Glu He Tyr Acn Thr Val Leu Leu Arg His Aβp Aβn He Leu 245 250 255 Gly Phe He Ala Ser Aβp Met Thr Ser Arg Aβn Ser Ser Thr Gin Leu 260 265 270 Trp Leu He Thr Hie Tvr Hie Glu His Gly Ser Leu Tyr Asp Phe Leu 275 " 280 285 Gin Arg Gin Thr Leu Glu Pro Gin Leu Ala Leu Arg Leu Ala Val Ser 290 295 300 Pro Ala Cys Gly Leu Ala His Leu His Val Glu He Phe Gly Thr Gin 305 310 315 320 Gly Lys Pro Ala He Ala Hie Arg Aβp Leu Lye Ser Arg Aβn Val Leu 325 330 335 Val Lys Ser Asn Leu Gin Cys Cys He Ala Asp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val 340 345 350 Met Hie Ser Gin Ser Aβn Glu Tyr Leu Asp He Gly Asn Thr Pro Arg 355 360 365 Val Gly Thr Lye Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Aβp Glu Hie He 370 375 380 Arg Thr Asp Cys Phe Glu Ser Tyr Lys Trp Thr Asp He Trp Ala Phe 385 390 395 400 Gly Leu Val Leu Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg Thr He He Asn Gly He 405 410 415 Val Glu Aβp Tyr Arg Pro Pro Phe Tyr Aβp Met Val Pro Asn Asp Pro 420 425 430 Ser Phe Glu Asp Met Lys Lys Val Val Cys Val Asp Gin Gin Thr Pro 435 440 445 Thr He Pro Asn Arg Leu Ala Ala Asp Pro Val Leu Ser Gly Leu Ala 450 455 460 Gin Met Met Arg Glu Cyβ Trp Tyr Pro Aβn Pro Ser Ala Arg Leu Thr 465 470 475 480 Ala Leu Arg He Lye Lye Thr Leu Gin Lys Leu Ser His Aβn Pro Glu 485 490 495 Lye Pro Lye Val He Hie 500 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 13: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 2070 baβe pairβ (B) TYPE: nucleic acid " (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE: (A) ORGANISM: Mouse (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 217..1812 (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 13: ATTCATGAGA TGGAAGCATA GGTCAAAGCT GTTCGGAGAA ATTGGAACTA CAGTTTTATC 60 TAGCCACATC TCTGAGAATT CTGAAGAAAG CAGCAGGTGA AAGTCATTGC CAAGTGATTT 120 TGTTCTGTAA GGAAGCCTCC CTCATTCACT TACACCAGTG AGACAGCAGG ACCAGTCATT 180 CAAAGGGCCG TGTACAGGAC GCGTGGCAAT CAGACA ATG ACT CAG CTA TAC ACT 234 Met Thr Gin Leu Tyr Thr 1 5 TAC ATC AGA TTA CTG GGA GCC TGT CTG TTC ATC ATT TCT CAT GTT CAA 282 Tyr He Arg Leu Leu Gly Ala Cys Leu Phe He He Ser His Val Gin 10 15 20 GGG CAG AAT CTA GAT AGT ATG CTC CAT GGC ACT GGT ATG AAA TCA GAC 330 Gly Gin Asn Leu Asp Ser Met Leu His Gly Thr Gly Met Lys Ser Aβp 25 30 35 TTG GAC CAG AAG AAG CCA GAA AAT GGA GTG ACT TTA GCA CCA GAG GAT 378 Leu Asp Gin Lye Lye Pro Glu Asn Gly Val Thr Leu Ala Pro Glu Asp 40 45 50 ACC TTG CCT TTC TTA AAG TGC TAT TGC TCA GGA CAC TGC CCA GAT GAT 426 Thr Leu Pro Phe Leu Lys Cys Tyr Cyβ Ser Gly Hie Cyβ Pro Asp Asp 55 60 65 70 GCT ATT AAT AAC ACA TGC ATA ACT AAT GGC CAT TGC TTT GCC ATT ATA 474 Ala He Asn Asn Thr Cyβ He Thr Asn Gly His Cys Phe Ala He He 75 80 85 GAA GAA GAT GAT CAG GGA GAA ACC ACA TTA ACT TCT GGG TGT ATG AAG 522 Glu Glu Asp Asp Gin Gly Glu Thr Thr Leu Thr Ser Gly Cyβ Met Lye 90 95 100 TAT GAA GGC TCT GAT TTT CAA TGC AAG GAT TCA CCG AAA GCC CAG CTA 570 Tyr Glu Gly Ser Aβp Phe Gin Cys Lys Asp Ser Pro Lys Ala Gin Leu 105 110 115 CGC AGG ACA ATA GAA TGT TGT CGG ACC AAT TTG TGC AAC CAG TAT TTG 618 Arg Arg Thr He Glu Cyβ Cyβ Arg Thr Aβn Leu Cys Asn Gin Tyr Leu 120 125 130 CAG CCT ACA CTG CCC CCT GTT GTT ATA GGT CCG TTC TTT GAT GGC AGC 666 Gin Pro Thr Leu Pro Pro Val Val He Gly Pro Phe Phe Aβp Gly Ser 135 140 145 150 ATC CGA TGG CTG GTT GTG CTC ATT TCC ATG GCT GTC TGT ATA GTT GCT 714 He Arg Trp Leu Val Val Leu He Ser Met Ala Val Cyβ He Val Ala 155 160 165 ATG ATC ATC TTC TCC AGC TGC TTT TGC TAT AAG CAT TAT TGT AAG AGT 762 Met He He Phe Ser Ser Cyβ Phe Cys Tyr Lye His Tyr Cys Lys Ser 170 175 180 ATC TCA AGC AGG GGT CGT TAC AAC CGT GAT TTG GAA CAG GAT GAA GCA 810 He Ser Ser Arg Gly Arg Tyr Asn Arg Asp Leu Glu Gin Aβp Glu Ala 185 190 195 TTT ATT CCA GTA GGA GAA TCA TTG AAA GAC CTG ATT GAC CAG TCC CAA 858 Phe He Pro Val Gly Glu Ser Leu Lys Aβp Leu He Aβp Gin Ser Gin 200 205 210 AGC TCT GGG AGT GGA TCT GGA TTG CCT TTA TTG GTT CAG CGA ACT ATT 906 Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Leu Leu Val Gin Arg Thr He 215 220 225 230 GCC AAA CAG ATT CAG ATG GTT CGG CAG GTT GGT AAA GGC CGC TAT GGA 954 Ala Lye Gin He Gin Met Val Arg Gin Val Gly Lye Gly Arg Tyr Gly 235 240 245 GAA GTA TGG ATG GGT AAA TGG CGT GGT GAA AAA GTG GCT GTC AAA GTG 1002 Glu Val Trp Met Gly Lys Trp Arg Gly Glu Lye Val Ala Val Lye Val 250 255 260 TTT TTT ACC ACT GAA GAA GCT AGC TGG TTT AGA GAA ACA GAA ATC TAC 1050 Phe Phe Thr Thr Glu Glu Ala Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Thr Glu He Tyr 265 270 275 CAG ACG GTG TTA ATG CGT CAT GAA AAT ATA CTT GGT TTT ATA GCT GCA 1098 Gin Thr Val Leu Met Arg Hie Glu Aβn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala 280 285 290 GAC ATT AAA GGC ACT GGT TCC TGG ACT CAG CTG TAT TTG ATT ACT GAT 1146 Aβp He Lye Gly Thr Gly Ser Trp Thr Gin Leu Tyr Leu He Thr Aβp 295 300 305 310 TAC CAT GAA AAT GGA TCT CTC TAT GAC TTC CTG AAA TGT GCC ACA CTA 1194 Tyr Hie Glu Asn Gly Ser Leu Tyr Aβp Phe Leu Lye Cyβ Ala Thr Leu 315 320 325 GAC ACC AGA GCC CTA CTC AAG TTA GCT TAT TCT GCT GCT TGT GGT CTG 1242 Aβp Thr Arg Ala Leu Leu Lye Leu Ala Tyr Ser Ala Ala Cys Gly Leu 330 335 340 TGC CAC CTC CAC ACA GAA ATT TAT GGT ACC CAA GGG AAG CCT GCA ATT 1290 Cyβ Hie Leu Hie Thr Glu He Tyr Gly Thr Gin Gly Lys Pro Ala He 345 350 355 GCT CAT CGA GAC CTG AAG AGC AAA AAC ATC CTT ATT AAG AAA AAT GGA 1338 Ala Hie Arg Aβp Leu Lye Ser Lye Aβn He Leu He Lys Lye Aβn Gly 360 365 370 AGT TGC TGT ATT GCT GAC CTG GGC CTA GCT GTT AAA TTC AAC AGT GAT 1386 Ser Cyβ Cys He Ala Asp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Lye Phe Aβn Ser Aβp 375 380 385 390 ACA AAT GAA GTT GAC ATA CCC TTG AAT ACC AGG GTG GGC ACC AAG CGG 1434 Thr Asn Glu Val Asp He Pro Leu Aβn Thr Arg Val Gly Thr Lye Arg 395 400 405 TAC ATG GCT CCA GAA GTG CTG GAT GAA AGC CTG AAT AAA AAC CAT TTC 1482 Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Asp Glu Ser Leu Aβn Lye Aβn Hie Phe 410 415 420 CAG CCC TAC ATC ATG GCT GAC ATC TAT AGC TTT GGT TTG ATC ATT TGG 1530 Gin Pro Tyr He Met Ala Asp He Tyr Ser Phe Gly Leu He He Trp 425 430 435 GAA ATG GCT CGT CGT TGT ATT ACA GGA GGA ATC GTG GAG GAA TAT CAA 1578 Glu Met Ala Arg Arg Cys He Thr Gly Gly He Val Glu Glu Tyr Gin 440 445 450 TTA CCA TAT TAC AAC ATG GTG CCC AGT GAC CCA TCC TAT GAG GAC ATG 1626 Leu Pro Tyr Tyr Aβn Met Val Pro Ser Asp Pro Ser Tyr Glu Aβp Met 455 460 465 470 CGT GAG GTT GTG TGT GTG AAA CGC TTG CGG CCA ATC GTG TCT AAC CGC 1674 Arg Glu Val Val Cyβ Val Lys Arg Leu Arg Pro He Val Ser Aβn Arg 475 480 485 TGG AAC AGC GAT GAA TGT CTT CGA GCA GTT TTG AAG CTA ATG TCA GAA 1722 Trp Asn Ser Asp Glu Cys Leu Arg Ala Val Leu Lye Leu Met Ser Glu 490 495 500 TGT TGG GCC CAT AAT CCA GCC TCC AGA CTC ACA GCT TTG AGA ATC AAG 1770 Cys Trp Ala His Asn Pro Ala Ser Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lys 505 510 515 AAG ACA CTT GCA AAA ATG GTT GAA TCC CAG GAT GTA AAG ATT 1812 Lys Thr Leu Ala Lys Met Val Glu Ser Gin Asp Val Lys He 520 525 530 TGACAATTAA ACAATTTTGA GGGAGAATTT AGACTGCAAG AACTTCTTCA CCCAAGGAAT 1872 GGGTGGGATT AGCATGGAAT AGGATGTTGA CTTGGTTTCC AGACTCCTTC CTCTACATCT 1932 TCACAGGCTG CTAACAGTAA ACCTTACCGT ACTCTACAGA ATACAAGATT GGAACTTGGA 1992 ACTTCAAACA TGTCATTCTT TATATATGAC AGCTTTGTTT TAATGTGGGG TTTTTTTGTT 2052 TGCTTTTTTT GTTTTGTT 2070 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 14: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 532 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 14: Met Thr Gin Leu Tyr Thr Tyr He Arg Leu Leu Gly Ala Cys Leu Phe 1 5 10 15 He He Ser His Val Gin Gly Gin Aβn Leu Aβp Ser Met Leu His Gly 20 25 30 Thr Gly Met Lys Ser Aβp Leu Aβp Gin Lys Lys Pro Glu Asn Gly Val 35 40 45 Thr Leu Ala Pro Glu Aβp Thr Leu Pro Phe Leu Lye Cyβ Tyr Cyβ Ser 50 55 60 Gly His Cys Pro Asp Asp Ala He Asn Aβn Thr Cyβ He Thr Aβn Gly 65 70 75 80 His Cys Phe Ala He He Glu Glu Aβp Aβp Gin Gly Glu Thr Thr Leu 85 90 95 Thr Ser Gly Cyβ Met Lye Tyr Glu Gly Ser Aβp Phe Gin Cyβ Lye Aβp 100 105 110 Ser Pro Lye Ala Gin Leu Arg Arg Thr He Glu Cyβ Cyβ Arg Thr Aβn 115 120 125 Leu Cyβ Asn Gin Tyr Leu Gin Pro Thr Leu Pro Pro Val Val He Gly 130 135 140 Pro Phe Phe Asp Gly Ser He Arg Trp Leu Val Val Leu He Ser Met 145 150 155 160 Ala Val Cys He Val Ala Met He He Phe Ser Ser Cys Phe Cyβ Tyr 165 170 175 Lys His Tyr Cys Lys Ser He Ser Ser Arg Gly Arg Tyr Aβn Arg Asp 180 185 190 Leu Glu Gin Asp Glu Ala Phe He Pro Val Gly Glu Ser Leu Lys Aβp 195 200 205 Leu He Aβp Gin Ser Gin Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Leu 210 215 220 Leu Val Gin Arg Thr He Ala Lys Gin He Gin Met Val Arg Gin Val 225 230 235 240 Gly Lys Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Met Gly Lys Trp Arg Gly Glu 245 250 255 Lys Val Ala Val Lye Val Phe Phe Thr Thr Glu Glu Ala Ser Trp Phe 260 265 270 Arg Glu Thr Glu He Tyr Gin Thr Val Leu Met Arg His Glu Asn He 275 280 285 Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Aβp He Lys Gly Thr Gly Ser Trp Thr Gin 290 295 300 Leu Tyr Leu He Thr Asp Tyr His Glu Asn Gly Ser Leu Tyr Asp Phe 305 310 315 320 Leu Lys Cyβ Ala Thr Leu Aβp Thr Arg Ala Leu Leu Lye Leu Ala Tyr 325 330 335 Ser Ala Ala Cys Gly Leu Cyβ Hie Leu Hie Thr Glu He Tyr Gly Thr 340 345 350 Gin Gly Lye Pro Ala He Ala Hie Arg Aβp Leu Lye Ser Lys Aβn He 355 360 365 Leu He Lye Lys Asn Gly Ser Cys Cyβ He Ala Aβp Leu Gly Leu Ala 370 375 380 Val Lye Phe Aβn Ser Aβp Thr Aβn Glu Val Asp He Pro Leu Asn Thr 385 390 395 400 Arg Val Gly Thr Lys Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Aβp Glu Ser 405 410 415 Leu Asn Lys Aβn Hie Phe Gin Pro Tyr He Met Ala Aβp He Tyr Ser 420 425 430 Phe Gly Leu He He Trp Glu Met Ala Arg Arg Cyβ He Thr Gly Gly 435 440 445 He Val Glu Glu Tyr Gin Leu Pro Tyr Tyr Asn Met Val Pro Ser Aβp 450 455 460 Pro Ser Tyr Glu Aβp Met Arg Glu Val Val Cyβ Val Lye Arg Leu Arg 465 470 475 480 Pro He Val Ser Aβn Arg Trp Aβn Ser Aβp Glu Cyβ Leu Arg Ala Val 485 490 495 Leu Lye Leu Met Ser Glu Cyβ Trp Ala Hie Asn Pro Ala Ser Arg Leu 500 505 510 Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lye Lye Thr Leu Ala Lye Met Val Glu Ser Gin 515 520 525 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 15: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 2160 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE: (A) ORGANISM: Mouse (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: CDS (B) LOCATION: 10..1524 (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 15: CGCGGTTAC ATG GCG GAG TCG GCC GGA GCC TCC TCC TTC TTC CCC CTT 48 Met Ala Glu Ser Ala Gly Ala Ser Ser Phe Phe Pro Leu 1 5 10 GTT GTC CTC CTG CTC GCC GGC AGC GGC GGG TCC GGG CCC CGG GGG ATC 96 Val Val Leu Leu Leu Ala Gly Ser Gly Gly Ser Gly Pro Arg Gly He 15 20 25 CAG GCT CTG CTG TGT GCG TGC ACC AGC TGC CTA CAG ACC AAC TAC ACC 144 Gin Ala Leu Leu Cys Ala Cyβ Thr Ser Cyβ Leu Gin Thr Aβn Tyr Thr 30 35 40 45 TGT GAG ACA GAT GGG GCT TGC ATG GTC TCC ATC TTT AAC CTG GAT GGC 192 Cyβ Glu Thr Asp Gly Ala Cys Met Val Ser He Phe Aβn Leu Aβp Gly 50 55 60 GTG GAG CAC CAT GTA CGT ACC TGC ATC CCC AAG GTG GAG CTG GTT CCT 240 Val Glu Hie His Val Arg Thr Cyβ He Pro Lye Val Glu Leu Val Pro 65 70 75 GCT GGA AAG CCC TTC TAC TGC CTG AGT TCA GAG GAT CTG CGC AAC ACA 288 Ala Gly Lye Pro Phe Tyr Cyβ Leu Ser Ser Glu Aβp Leu Arg Aβn Thr 80 85 90 CAC TGC TGC TAT ATT GAC TTC TGC AAC AAG ATT GAC CTC AGG GTC CCC 336 His Cys Cyβ Tyr He Asp Phe Cyβ Aβn Lys He Asp Leu Arg Val Pro 95 100 105 AGC GGA CAC CTC AAG GAG CCT GCG CAC CCC TCC ATG TGG GGC CCT GTG 384 Ser Gly His Leu Lys Glu Pro Ala Hie Pro Ser Met Trp Gly Pro Val 110 115 120 125 GAG CTG GTC GGC ATC ATC GCC GGC CCC GTC TTC CTC CTC TTC CTT ATC 432 Glu Leu Val Gly He He Ala Gly Pro Val Phe Leu Leu Phe Leu He 130 135 140 ATT ATC ATC GTC TTC CTG GTC ATC AAC TAT CAC CAG CGT GTC TAC CAT 480 He He He Val Phe Leu Val He Aβn Tyr Hie Gin Arg Val Tyr Hie 145 150 155 AAC CGC CAG AGG TTG GAC ATG GAG GAC CCC TCT TGC GAG ATG TGT CTC 528 Asn Arg Gin Arg Leu Asp Met Glu Asp Pro Ser Cyβ Glu Met Cyβ Leu 160 165 170 TCC AAA GAC AAG ACG CTC CAG GAT CTC GTC TAC GAC CTC TCC ACG TCA 576 Ser Lye Aβp Lye Thr Leu Gin Aβp Leu Val Tyr Aβp Leu Ser Thr Ser 175 180 185 GGG TCT GGC TCA GGG TTA CCC CTT TTT GTC CAG CGC ACA GTG GCC CGA 624 Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Leu Phe Val Gin Arg Thr Val Ala Arg 190 195 200 205 ACC ATT GTT TTA CAA GAG ATT ATC GGC AAG GGC CGG TTC GGG GAA GTA 672 Thr He Val Leu Gin Glu He He Gly Lye Gly Arg Phe Gly Glu Val 210 215 220 TGG CGT GGT CGC TGG AGG GGT GGT GAC GTG GCT GTG AAA ATC TTC TCT 720 Trp Arg Gly Arg Trp Arg Gly Gly Aβp Val Ala Val Lye He Phe Ser 225 230 235 TCT CGT GAA GAA CGG TCT TGG TTC CGT GAA GCA GAG ATC TAC CAG ACC 768 Ser Arg Glu Glu Arg Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Ala Glu He Tyr Gin Thr 240 245 250 GTC ATG CTG CGC CAT GAA AAC ATC CTT GGC TTT ATT GCT GCT GAC AAT 816 Val Met Leu Arg Hie Glu Asn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Aβp Aβn 255 260 265 AAA GAT AAT GGC ACC TGG ACC CAG CTG TGG CTT GTC TCT GAC TAT CAC 864 Lye Asp Aβn Gly Thr Trp Thr Gin Leu Trp Leu Val Ser Aβp Tyr His 270 275 280 285 GAG CAT GGC TCA CTG TTT GAT TAT CTG AAC CGC TAC ACA GTG ACC ATT 912 Glu His Gly Ser Leu Phe Aβp Tyr Leu Aβn Arg Tyr Thr Val Thr He 290 295 300 GAG GGA ATG ATT AAG CTA GCC TTG TCT GCA GCC AGT GGT TTG GCA CAC 960 Glu Gly Met He Lye Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala Hie 305 310 315 CTG CAT ATG GAG ATT GTG GGC ACT CAA GGG AAG CCG GGA ATT GCT CAT 1008 Leu Hie Met Glu He Val Gly Thr Gin Gly Lye Pro Gly He Ala Hie 320 325 330 CGA GAC TTG AAG TCA AAG AAC ATC CTG GTG AAA AAA AAT GGC ATG TGT 1056 Arg Aβp Leu Lye Ser Lye Aβn He Leu Val Lys Lye Asn Gly Met Cys 335 340 345 GCC ATT GCA GAC CTG GGC CTG GCT GTC CGT CAT GAT GCG GTC ACT GAC 1104 Ala He Ala Asp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Arg His Asp Ala Val Thr Aβp 350 355 360 365 ACC ATA GAC ATT GCT CCA AAT CAG AGG GTG GGG ACC AAA CGA TAC ATG 1152 Thr He Aβp He Ala Pro Aβn Gin Arg Val Gly Thr Lye Arg Tyr Met 370 375 380 GCT CCT GAA GTC CTT GAC GAG ACA ATC AAC ATG AAG CAC TTT GAC TCC 1200 Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Aβp Glu Thr He Asn Met Lys His Phe Asp Ser 385 390 395 TTC AAA TGT GCC GAC ATC TAT GCC CTC GGG CTT GTC TAC TGG GAG ATT 1248 Phe Lys Cyβ Ala Aβp He Tyr Ala Leu Gly Leu Val Tyr Trp Glu He 400 405 410 GCA CGA AGA TGC AAT TCT GGA GGA GTC CAT GAA GAC TAT CAA CTG CCG 1296 Ala Arg Arg Cyβ Asn Sar Gly Gly Val His Glu Asp Tyr Gin Leu Pro 415 420 425 TAT TAC GAC TTA GTG CCC TCC GAC CCT TCC ATT GAG GAG ATG CGA AAG 1344 Tyr Tyr Aβp Leu Val Pro Ser Asp Pro Ser He Glu Glu Met Arg Lys 430 435 440 445 GTT GTA TGT GAC CAG AAG CTA CGG CCC AAT GTC CCC AAC TGG TGG CAG 1392 Val Val Cyβ Aβp Gin Lye Leu Arg Pro Aβn Val Pro Asn Trp Trp Gin 450 455 460 AGT TAT GAG GCC TTG CGA GTG ATG GGA AAG ATG ATG CGG GAG TGC TGG 1440 Ser Tyr Glu Ala Leu Arg Val Met Gly Lys Met Met Arg Glu Cys Trp 465 470 475 TAC GCC AAT GGT GCT GCC CGT CTG ACA GCT CTG CGC ATC AAG AAG ACT 1488 Tyr Ala Aβn Gly Ala Ala Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lys Lys Thr 480 485 490 CTG TCC CAG CTA AGC GTG CAG GAA GAT GTG AAG ATT TAAGCTGTTC 1534 Leu Ser Gin Leu Ser Val Gin Glu Aβp Val Lys He 495 500 505 CTCTGCCTAC ACAAAGAACC TGGGCAGTGA GGATGACTGC AGCCACCGTG CAAGCGTCGT 1594 GGAGGCCTAT CCTCTTGTTT CTGCCCGGCC CTCTGGCAGA GCCCTGGCCT GCAAGAGGGA 1654 CAGAGCCTGG GAGACGCGCG CACTCCCGTT GGGTTTGAGA CAGACACTTT TTATATTTAC 1714 CTCCTGATGG CATGGAGACC TGAGCAAATC ATGTAGTCAC TCAATGCCAC AACTCAAACT. 1774 GCTTCAGTGG GAAGTACAGA GACCCAGTGC ATTGCGTGTG CAGGAGCGTG AGGTGCTGGG 1834 CTCGCCAGGA GCGGCCCCCΛ TACCTTGTGG TCCACTGGGC TGCAGGTTTT CCTCCAGGGA 1894 CCAGTCAACT GGCATCAAGA TATTGAGAGG AACCGGAAGT TTCTCCCTCC TTCCCGTAGC 1954 AGTCCTGAGC CACACCATCC TTCTCATGGA CATCCGGAGG ACTGCCCCTA GAGACACAAC 2014 CTGCTGCCTG TCTGTCCAGC CAAGTGCGCA TGTGCCGAGG TGTGTCCCAC ATTGTGCCTG 2074 GTCTGTGCCA CGCCCGTGTG TGTGTGTGTG TGTGTGAGTG AGTGTGTGTG TGTACACTTA 2134 ACCTGCTTGA GCTTCTGTGC ATGTGT 2160 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 16: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 505 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 16: Met Ala Glu Ser Ala Gly Ala Ser Ser Phe Phe Pro Leu Val Val Leu 1 5 10 15 Leu Leu Ala Gly Ser Gly Gly Ser Gly Pro Arg Gly He Gin Ala Leu 20 25 30 Leu Cys Ala Cyβ Thr Ser Cyβ Leu Gin Thr Aβn Tyr Thr Cys Glu Thr 35 40 45 Asp Gly Ala Cys Met Val Ser He Phe Asn Leu Aβp Gly Val Glu Hie 50 55 60 Hie Val Arg Thr Cyβ He Pro Lye Val Glu Leu Val Pro Ala Gly Lye 65 70 75 80 Pro Phe Tyr Cyβ Leu Ser Ser Glu Aβp Leu Arg Aβn Thr Hie Cyβ Cyβ 85 90 95 Tyr He Aβp Phe Cyβ Aβn Lye He Aβp Leu Arg Val Pro Ser Gly Hie 100 105 110 Leu Lye Glu Pro Ala Hie Pro Ser Met Trp Gly Pro Val Glu Leu Val 115 120 125 Gly He He Ala Gly Pro Val Phe Leu Leu Phe Leu He He He He 130 135 140 Val Phe Leu Val He Aβn Tyr Hie Gin Arg Val Tyr Hie Aβn Arg Gin 145 ISO 155 160 Arg Leu Aβp Met Glu Aβp Pro Ser Cyβ Glu Met Cyβ Leu Ser Lys Asp 165 170 175 Lys Thr Leu Gin Aβp Leu Val Tyr Aβp Leu Ser Thr Ser Gly Ser Gly 180 185 190 Ser Gly Leu Pro Leu Phe Val Gin Arg Thr Val Ala Arg Thr He Val 195 200 205 Leu Gin Glu He He Gly Lye Gly Arg Phe Gly Glu Val Trp Arg Gly 210 215 220 Arg Trp Arg Gly Gly Aβp Val Ala Val Lye He Phe Ser Ser Arg Glu 225 230 235 240 Glu Arg Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Ala Glu He Tyr Gin Thr Val Met Leu 245 250 255 Arg Hie Glu Aβn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Aβp Aβn Lye Asp Asn 260 265 270 Gly Thr Trp Thr Gin Leu Trp Leu Val Ser Asp Tyr His Glu His Gly 275 280 285 Ser Leu Phe Asp Tyr Leu Asn Arg Tyr Thr Val Thr He Glu Gly Met 290 295 300 He Lys Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Ala Ser Gly Leu Ala His Leu His Met 305 310 315 320 Glu He Val Gly Thr Gin Gly Lys Pro Gly He Ala His Arg Asp Leu 325 330 335 Lys Ser Lye Aβn He Leu Val Lye Lye Aβn Gly Met Cyβ Ala He Ala 340 345 350 v Aβp Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Arg Hie Aβp Ala Val Thr Asp Thr He Asp 355 360 365 He Ala Pro Aβn Gin Arg Val Gly Thr Lye Arg Tyr Met Ala Pro Glu 370 375 380 Val Leu Asp Glu Thr He Asn Met Lye Hie Phe Aβp Ser Phe Lye Cyβ 385 390 395 400 Ala Asp He Tyr Ala Leu Gly Leu Val Tyr Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg 405 410 41S Cya Asn Ser Gly Gly Val His Glu Aβp Tyr Gin Leu Pro Tyr Tyr Aβp 420 425 430 Leu Val Pro Ser Aβp Pro Ser He Glu Glu Met Arg Lye Val Val Cys 435 440 445 Asp Gin Lye Leu Arg Pro Aβn Val Pro Aβn Trp Trp Gin Ser Tyr Glu 450 455 460 Ala Leu Arg Val Met Gly Lye Met Met Arg Glu Cyβ Trp Tyr Ala Aβn 465 470 475 480 Gly Ala Ala Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg He Lye Lye Thr Leu Ser Gin 485 490 495 Leu Ser Val Gin Glu Asp Val Lye He 500 505 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 17: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 1952 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE: (A) ORGANISM: Mouse (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY : CDS ( B ) LOCATION: 187. . 1692 ( xi ) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION : SEQ ID NO: 17 : AAGCGGCGGC AGAAGTTGCC GGCGTGGTGC TCGTAGTGAG GGCGCGGAGG ACCCGGGACC 60 TGGGAAGCGG CGGCGGGTTA ACTTCGGCTG AATCACAACC ATTTGGCGCT GAGCTATGAC 120 AAGAGAGCAA ACAAAAAGTT AAAGGAGCAA CCCGGCCATA AGTGAAGAGA GAAGTTTATT 180 GATAAC ATG CTC TTA CGA AGC TCT GGA AAA TTA AAT GTG GGC ACC AAG 228 Met Leu Leu Arg Ser Ser Gly Lye Leu Aβn Val Gly Thr Lye 1 5 10 AAG GAG GAT GGA GAG AGT ACA GCC CCC ACC ' CCT CGG CCC AAG ATC CTA 276 Lye Glu Asp Gly Glu Ser Thr Ala Pro Thr Pro Arg Pro Lys He Leu 15 20 25 30 CGT TGT AAA TGC CAC CAC CAC TGT CCG GAA GAC TCA GTC AAC AAT ATC 324 Arg Cys Lys Cys His Hie Hie Cys Pro Glu Asp Ser Val Asn Asn He 35 40 45 TGC AGC ACA GAT GGG TAC TGC TTC ACG ATG ATA GAA GAA GAT GAC TCT 372 Cys Ser Thr Asp Gly Tyr Cys Phe Thr Met He Glu Glu Aβp Aβp Ser 50 55 60 GGA ATG CCT GTT GTC ACC TCT GGA TGT CTA GGA CTA GAA GGG TCA GAT 420 Gly Met Pro Val Val Thr Ser Gly Cyβ Leu Gly Leu Glu Gly Ser Aβp 65 70 75 TTT CAA TGT CGT GAC ACT CCC ATT CCT CAT CAA AGA AGA TCA ATT GAA 468 Phe Gin Cyβ Arg Aβp Thr Pro He Pro Hie Gin Arg Arg Ser He Glu 80 85 90 TGC TGC ACA GAA AGG AAT GAG TGT AAT AAA GAC CTC CAC CCC ACT CTG 516 Cys Cys Thr Glu Arg Asn Glu Cys Asn Lys Aβp Leu Hie Pro Thr Leu 95 100 105 110 CCT CCT CTC AAG GAC AGA GAT TTT GTT GAT GGG CCC ATA CAC CAC AAG 564 Pro Pro Leu Lye Asp Arg Asp Phe Val Asp Gly Pro He Hie Hie Lye 115 120 125 GCC TTG CTT ATC TCT GTG ACT GTC TGT AGT TTA CTC TTG GTC CTC ATT 612 Ala Leu Leu He Ser Val Thr Val Cyβ Ser Leu Leu Leu Val Leu He 130 135 140 ATT,TTA TTC TGT TAC TTC AGG TAT AAA AGA CAA GAA GCC CGA CCT CGG 660 lie Leu Phe Cyβ Tyr Phe Arg Tyr Lye Arg Gin Glu Ala Arg Pro Arg 145 150 155 TAC AGC ATT GGG CTG GAG CAG GAC GAG ACA TAC ATT CCT CCT GGA GAG 708 Tyr Ser He Gly Leu Glu Gin Asp Glu Thr Tyr He Pro Pro Gly Glu 160 165 170 TCC CTG AGA GAC TTG ATC GAG CAG TCT CAG AGC TCG GGA AGT GGA TCA 756 Ser Leu Arg Aβp Leu He Glu Gin Ser Gin Ser Sor Gly Ser Gly Ser 175 180 185 190 GGC CTC CCT CTG CTG GTC CAA AGG ACA ATA GCT AAG CAA ATT CAG ATG 804 Gly Leu Pro Leu Leu Val Gin Arg Thr He Ala Lye Gin He Gin Met 195 200 205 GTG AAG CAG ATT GGA AAA GGC CGC TAT GGC GAG GTG TGG ATG GGA AAG 852 Val Lye Gin He Gly Lys Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Met Gly Lys 210 215 220 TGG CGT GGA GAA AAG GTG GCT GTG AAA GTG TTC TTC ACC ACG GAG GAA 900 Trp Arg Gly Glu Lys Val Ala Val Lys Val Phe Phe Thr Thr Glu Glu 225 230 235 GCC AGC TGG TTC CGA GAG ACT GAG ATA TAT CAG ACG GTC CTG ATG CGG 948 Ala Ser Trp Phe Arg Glu Thr Glu He Tyr Gin Thr Val Leu Met Arg 240 245 250 CAT GAG AAT ATT CTG GGG TTC ATT GCT GCA GAT ATC AAA GGG ACT GGG 996 His Glu Asn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Aβp He Lye Gly Thr Gly 255 260 265 270 TCC TGG ACT CAG TTG TAC CTC ATC ACA GAC TAT CAT GAA AAC GGC TCC 1044 Ser Trp Thr Gin Leu Tyr Leu He Thr Aβp Tyr Hie Glu Aβn Gly Ser 275 280 285 CTT TAT GAC TAT CTG AAA TCC ACC ACC TTA GAC GCA AAG TCC ATG CTG 1092 Leu Tyr Aβp Tyr Leu Lye Ser Thr Thr Leu Aβp Ala Lye Ser Met Leu 290 295 300 AAG CTA GCC TAC TCC TCT GTC AGC GGC CTA TGC CAT TTA CAC ACG GAA 1140 Lye Leu Ala Tyr Ser Ser Val Ser Gly Leu Cys Hie Leu His Thr Glu 305 310 315 ATC TTT AGC ACT CAA GGC AAG CCA GCA ATC GCC CAT CGA GAC TTG AAA 1188 He Phe Ser Thr Gin Gly Lye Pro Ala He Ala Hie Arg Aβp Leu Lye 320 325 330 AGT AAA AAC ATC CTG GTG AAG AAA AAT GGA ACT TGC TGC ATA GCA GAC 1236 Ser Lys Asn He Leu Val Lys Lys Asn Gly Thr Cyβ Cys He Ala Asp 335 340 345 350 CTG GGC TTG GCT GTC AAG TTC ATT AGT GAC ACA AAT GAG GTT GAC ATC 1284 Leu Gly Leu Ala Val Lys Phe He Ser Asp Thr Asn Glu Val Aβp He 355 360 365 CCA CCC AAC ACC CGG GTT GGC ACC AAG CGC TAT ATG CCT CCA GAA GTG 1332 Pro Pro Aβn Thr Arg Val Gly Thr Lye Arg Tyr Met Pro Pro Glu Val 370 375 380 CTG GAC GAG AGC TTG AAT AGA AAC CAT TTC CAG TCC TAC ATT ATG GCT 1380 Leu Aβp Glu Ser Leu Aβn Arg Asn His Phe Gin Ser Tyr He Met Ala 385 390 395 GAC ATG TAC AGC TTT GGA CTC ATC CTC TGG GAG ATT GCA AGG AGA TGT 1428 Aβp Met Tyr Ser Phe Gly Leu He Leu Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg Cyβ 400 405 410 GTT TCT GGA GGT ATA GTG GAA GAA TAC CAG CTT CCC TAT CAC GAC CTG 1476 Val Ser Gly Gly He Val Glu Glu Tyr Gin Leu Pro Tyr Hie Aβp Leu 415 420 425 430 GTG CCC AGT GAC CCT TCT TAT GAG GAC ATG AGA GAA ATT GTG TGC ATG 1524 Val Pro Ser Aβp Pro Ser Tyr Glu Aβp Met Arg Glu He Val Cyβ Met 435 440 445 AAG AAG TTA CGG CCT TCA TTC CCC AAT CGA TGG AGC AGT GAT GAG TGT 1572 Lye Lye Leu Arg Pro Ser Phe Pro Aβn Arg Trp Ser Ser Aβp Glu Cyβ 450 455 460 CTC AGG CAG ATG GGG AAG CTT ATG ACA GAG TGC TGG GCG CAG AAT CCT 1620 Leu Arg Gin Met Gly Lye Leu Met Thr Glu Cyβ Trp Ala Gin Aβn Pro 465 470 475 GCC TCC AGG CTG ACG GCC CTG AGA GTT AAG AAA ACC CTT GCC AAA ATG 1668 Ala Ser Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg Val Lye Lys Thr Leu Ala Lys Met 480 485 490 TCA GAG TCC CAG GAC ATT AAA CTC TGACGTCAGA TACTTGTGGA CAGAGCAAGA 1722 Ser Glu Ser Gin Asp He Lye Leu 495 500 ATTTCACAGA AGCATCGTTA GCCCAAGCCT TGAACGTTAG CCTACTGCCC AGTGAGTTCA 1782 GACTTTCCTG GAAGAGAGCA CGGTGGGCAG ACACAGAGGA ACCCAGAAAC ACGGATTCAT 1842 CATGGCTTTC TGAGGAGGAG AAACTGTTTG GGTAACTTGT TCAAGATATG ATGCATGTTG 1902 CTTTCTAAGA AAGCCCTGTA TTTTGAATTA CCATTTTTTT ATAAAAAAAA 1952 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 18: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 502 amino acidβ (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 18: Met Leu Leu Arg Ser Ser Gly Lye Leu Aβn Val Gly Thr Lye Lye Glu 1 5 10 15 Aβp Gly Glu Ser Thr Ala Pro Thr Pro Arg Pro Lye He Leu Arg Cyβ 20 25 30 Lye Cyβ Hie Hie Hie Cyβ Pro Glu Aβp Ser Val Aβn Aβn He Cyβ Ser 35 40 45 Thr Asp Gly Tyr Cyβ Phe Thr Met He Glu Glu Asp Asp Ser Gly Met 50 55 60 Pro Val Val Thr Ser Gly Cys Leu Gly Leu Glu Gly Ser Asp Phe Gin 65 70 75 80 Cys Arg Asp Thr Pro He Pro His Gin Arg Arg Ser He Glu Cys Cys 85 90 95 Thr Glu Arg Aβn Glu Cys Asn Lye Asp Leu Hie Pro Thr Leu Pro Pro 100 105 110 Leu Lys Asp Arg Aβp Phe Val Asp Gly Pro He His His Lys Ala Leu 115 120 125 Leu He Ser Val Thr Val Cys Ser Leu Leu Leu Val Leu He He Leu 130 135 140 Phe Cyβ Tyr Phe Arg Tyr Lye Arg Gin Glu Ala Arg Pro Arg Tyr Ser 145 150 155 160 He Gly Leu Glu Gin Aβp Glu Thr Tyr He Pro Pro Gly Glu Ser Leu 165 170 175 Arg Aβp Leu He Glu Gin Ser Gin Ser Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Leu 180 185 190 Pro Leu Leu Val Gin Arg Thr He Ala Lye Gin He Gin Met Val Lye 195 200 205 Gin He Gly Lye Gly Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Trp Met Gly Lye Trp Arg 210 215 220 Gly Glu Lye Val Ala Val Lye Val Phe Phe Thr Thr Glu Glu Ala Ser 225 230 235 240 Trp Phe Arg Glu Thr Glu He Tyr Gin Thr Val Leu Met Arg Hie Glu 245 250 255 Aβn He Leu Gly Phe He Ala Ala Aβp He Lys Gly Thr Gly Ser Trp 260 265 270 Thr Gin Leu Tyr Leu He Thr Aβp Tyr His Glu Aβn Gly Ser Leu Tyr 275 280 285 Asp Tyr Leu Lys Ser Thr Thr Leu Asp Ala Lys Ser Met Leu Lys Leu 290 295 300 Ala Tyr Ser Ser Val Ser Gly Leu Cys Hie Leu Hie Thr Glu He Phe 305 310 315 320 Ser Thr Gin Gly Lye Pro Ala He Ala Hie Arg Asp Leu Lys Ser Lye 325 330 335 Asn He Leu Val Lys Lye Aβn Gly Thr Cyβ Cyβ He Ala Aβp Leu Gly 340 345 350 Leu Ala Val Lye Phe He Ser Asp Thr Asn Glu Val Asp He Pro Pro 355 360 365 Aβn Thr Arg Val Gly Thr Lys Arg Tyr Met Pro Pro Glu Val Leu Aβp 370 375 380 Glu Ser Leu Asn Arg Asn His Phe Gin Ser Tyr He Met Ala Asp Met 385 350 395 400 Tyr Ser Phe Gly Leu He Leu Trp Glu He Ala Arg Arg Cys Val Ser 405 410 415 Gly Gly He Val Glu Glu Tyr Gin Leu Pro Tyr His Aβp Leu Val Pro 420 425 430 Ser Asp Pro Ser Tyr Glu Asp Met Arg Glu He Val Cys Met Lys Lys 435 440 445 Leu Arg Pro Ser Phe Pro Asn Arg Trp Ser Ser Asp Glu Cys Leu Arg 450 455 460 Gin Met Gly Lys Leu Met Thr Glu Cyβ Trp Ala Gin Aβn Pro Ala Ser 465 470 475 480 Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Arg Val Lye Lye Thr Leu Ala Lye Met Ser Glu 485 490 495 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 19: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 28 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 19: GCGGATCCTG TTGTGAAGGN AATATGTG 28 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 20: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 24 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 20: GCGATCCGTC GCAGTCAAAA TTTT 24 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 21: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 26 baβe pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 21: GCGGATCCGC GATATATTAA AAGCAA 26 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 22: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 20 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: YES (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 22: CGGAATTCTG GTGCCATATA 20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 23: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 37 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 23: ATTCAAGGGC ACATCAACTT CATTTGTGTC ACTGTTG 37 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 24: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 26 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 24: GCGGATCCAC CATGGCGGAG TCGGCC 26 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 25: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 20 base pairs (B) TYPE: nucleic acid (C) STRANDEDNESS: single (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA (iii) HYPOTHETICAL: NO (iii) ANTI-SENSE: NO (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 25: AACACCGGGC CGGCGATGAT 20 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 26: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 6 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (v) FRAGMENT TYPE: internal (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 26: Gly Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Gly 1 5 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 27: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 6 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 27i (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 28: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 6 amino acids (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (Xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 28: (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO: 29: (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS: (A) LENGTH: 6 amino acidβ (B) TYPE: amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY: linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: 29: Gly Thr Lye Arg Tyr Met 1 5

Claims: CLAIMS 1. An isolated protein having a serine/threonine kinase domain, a DFKSRN or DLKSKN seguence in subdomain VIB and/or a GTKRYM seguence in subdomain VIII. 2. A protein according to claim 1, which additionally comprises an ATP-binding seguence that is Gly-Xaa-Gly-Xaa- Xaa-Gly in subdomain I, and a Lys residue in subdomain II. 3. An isolated protein having a serine/threonine kinase domain which has more than 50% identity to the kinase domain of any of the amino-acid seguences identified herein as SEQ ID. Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. 4. A protein according to claim 3, wherein the identity is more than 60%. 5. A protein according to any preceding claim, having serine/threonine kinase activity. 6. An isolated protein having all or part of any of the amino-acid seguences identified herein as SEQ. ID Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, and activin receptor type I functionality. 7. An isolated protein having an amino-acid seguence corresponding to part or all of the amino-acid sequence of an activin type I receptor, and wherein the protein has at least one of the following characteristics:- (i) serine/threonine kinase activity; (ii) activin-binding activity; and (iii) activin type II receptor interaction. 8. An isolated protein having all or part of any of the amino-acid sequences identified herein as SEQ. ID Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, and TGF-β-type I receptor functionality. 9. An isolated protein having an amino-acid seguence corresponding to part or all of the amino-acid seguence of a TGF- β -type I receptor, and wherein the protein has at least one of the following characteristics: (i) serine/threonine kinase activity; (ii) TGF-β-binding activity; and (iii) TGF-β-type II receptor interaction. 10. A protein according to any of claims 1 to 5, having all or part of the amino-acid sequence identified herein as SEQ ID No. 2. 11. A protein according to any of claims 1 to 7, having all or part of the amino-acid sequence identified herein as SEQ ID No. 4. 12. A protein according to any of claims 1 to 5, having serine/threonine kinase activity and all or part of the amino-acid seguence identified herein as SEQ ID No. 6. 13. A protein according to any of claims 1 to 7, having all or part of the amino-acid seguence identified herein as SEQ ID No. 8. 14. A protein according to any of claims 1 to 5, 8 and 9, having all or part of the amino-acid seguence identified herein as SEQ ID No. 10. 15. A protein according to any of claims 1 to 5, having all or part of the amino-acid seguence identified herein as SEQ ID No. 12. 16. A protein according to any of claims l to 5, having all or part of the amino-acid seguence identified herein as SEQ ID No. 14. 17. A protein according to any of claims 1 to 1 , having all or part of the amino-acid seguence identified herein as SEQ ID No. 16. 18. A protein according to any of claims 1 to 5, having all or part of the amino-acid seguence identified herein as SEQ ID No. 18. 19. A protein acording to any preceding claim, that is a soluble receptor. 20. An antibody which binds specifically to a protein as defined in any of claims 1 to 19 and not to at least one other such protein. 21. An isolated nucleic acid molecule which codes for, or is complementary to a nucleic acid molecule which codes for, a protein as defined in any of claims 1 to 19. 22. A recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising at least two heterologous sequences, one of which codes for. or is complementary to a nucleic acid molecule which codes for, a protein as defined in any of claims 1 to 19. 23. A molecule according to claim 21 or claim 22, wherein the protein is a TGF-β-type I receptor. 24. A molecule according to claim 21 or claim 22, wherein the protein is an activin receptor. 25. A DNA or RNA/mRNA molecule according to any of claims 21 to 24. 26. A molecule according to any of claims 20 to 24, which additionally comprises, operably associated with the coding sequence, a sequence adapted to allow expression of the protein. 27. A host comprising a molecule according to claim 26, which is capable of expressing the protein. 28. A host according to claim 27, which comprises PAE cells. 29. A host according to claim 27 or claim 28, transfected with the Chim A receptor plasmid. 30. A product according to any preceding claim, for therapeutic or diagnostic use. 31. Use of a product according to any of claims 1 to 29, for the manufacture of a medicament for use in treating a condition associated with TGF activity.

Inventors: DIJKE PETER TEN, FRANZEN PETRA, HELDIN CARL-HENRIK, MIYAZONO KOHEI, YAMASHITA HIDETOSHI, DIJKE, PETER, TEN, FRANZEN, PETRA, HELDIN, CARL-HENRIK, MIYAZONO, KOHEI, YAMASHITA, HIDETOSHI
Applicants: DIJKE PETER TEN, FRANZEN PETRA, HELDIN CARL HENRIK, LUDWIG INST CANCER RES, MIYAZONO KOHEI, YAMASHITA HIDETOSHI, DIJKE, PETER, TEN, FRANZEN, PETRA, HELDIN, CARL-HENRIK, LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, MIYAZONO, KOHEI, YAMASHITA, HIDETOSHI
Application year: 1993
Main classification: C12N15
IPC codes: A61K38, A61P1, A61P29, A61P35, C07K14, C07K16, C12N1, C12N5, C12N15, C12P21, C12R1