Patent Publication Number: US-6211353-B1

Title: Isolated nucleic acid encoding a human mGluR5

Description:
This application is a division, of application Ser. No. 08/282,853 filed Jul. 29, 1994. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     In the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), the transmission of nerve impulses is controlled by the interaction between a neurotransmitter, that is released by a sending neuron, and a surface receptor on a receiving neuron, which causes excitation of this receiving neuron. L-Glutamate, which is the most abundant neurotransmitter in the CNS, mediates the major excitatory pathway in mammals, and is referred to as an excitatory amino acid (EAA). The receptors that respond to glutamate are called excitatory amino acid receptors (EAA receptors). See Watkins &amp; Evans,  Annual Reviews in Pharmacology and Toxicology , 21:165 (1981); Monaghan, Bridges, and Cotman,  Annual Reviews in Pharmacology and Toxicology , 29:365 (1989); Watkins, Krogsgaard-Larsen, and Honore,  Transactions in Pharmaceutical Science , 11:25 (1990). The excitatory amino acids are of great physiological importance, playing a role in a variety of physiological processes, such as long-term potentiation (learning and memory), the development of synaptic plasticity, motor control, respiration, cardiovascular regulation, and sensory perception. 
     Excitatory amino acid receptors are classified into two general types. Receptors that are directly coupled to the opening of cation channels in the cell membrane of the neurons are termed “ionotropic.” This type of receptor has been subdivided into at least three subtypes, which are defined by the depolarizing actions of the selective agonists N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA), and kainic acid (KA). 
     The second general type of receptor is the G-protein or second messenger-linked “metabotropic” excitatory amino acid receptor. This second type is coupled to multiple second messenger systems that lead to enhanced phosphoinositide hydrolysis, activation of phospholipase D, increases or decreases in cAMP formation, and changes in ion channel function. Schoepp and Conn,  Trends in Pharmacological Science , 14:13 (1993). Both types of receptors appear not only to mediate normal synaptic transmission along excitatory pathways, but also participate in the modification of synaptic connections during development and throughout life. Schoepp, Bockaert, and Sladeczek,  Trends in Pharmacological Science , 11:508 (1990); McDonald and Johnson,  Brain Research Reviews , 15:41 (1990). 
     The excessive or inappropriate stimulation of excitatory amino acid receptors leads to neuronal cell damage or loss by way of a mechanism known as excitotoxicity. This process has been suggested to mediate neuronal degeneration in a variety of conditions. The medical consequences of such neuronal degeneration makes the abatement of these degenerative neurological processes an important therapeutic goal. 
     The metabotropic glutamate receptors are a highly heterogeneous family of glutamate receptors that are linked to multiple second-messenger pathways. These receptors function to modulate the presynaptic release of glutamate, and the postsynaptic sensitivity of the neuronal cell to glutamate excitation. Agonists and antagonists of these receptors may be useful for the treatment of acute and chronic neurodegenerative conditions, and as antipsychotic, anticonvulsant, analgesic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, and anti-emetic agents. 
     The present invention provides an additional human excitatory amino acid receptor, designated mGluR5, to those previously known. The characterization and treatment of physiological disorders is hereby furthered. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     This invention provides an isolated amino acid compound useful as a human metabotropic glutamate receptor, said compound comprising the amino acid sequence 
     
       
         
           
               
               
            
               
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                 Val Val Lys Ser Ser Ser Arg Glu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Gly 
               
               
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                 Ser Ala Cys Ala Gln Leu Val Ile Ala Phe Ile Leu Ile Cys Ile Gln 
               
               
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                 Trp Leu Ala Phe Val Pro Ile Tyr Phe Gly Ser Asn Tyr Lys Ile Ile 
               
               
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                 Met Phe Val Pro Lys Val Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Lys Pro Glu Arg Asn 
               
               
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                 Asp Gly Lys Ser Ser Ser Ala Ala Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Leu Val Asn 
               
               
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                 Leu Trp Lys Arg Arg Gly Ser Ser Gly Glu Thr Leu Ser Ser Asn Gly 
               
               
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                 Lys Ser Vai Thr Trp Ala Gin Asn Giu Lys Ser Ser Arg Giy Gin Hjs 
               
               
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                 Leu Trp Gin Arg Leu Ser Ile Hjs Ile Asn Lys Lys Giu Asn Pro Asn 
               
               
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                 Gln Thr Ala Val Ile Lys Pro Phe Pro Lys Ser Thr Glu Ser Arg Gly 
               
               
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                 Leu Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ala Gly Gly Val Gly Ala 
               
               
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                 Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly Cys Ala Gly Ala Gly Pro Gly Gly Pro Glu Ser 
               
               
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                 Pro Asp Ala Gly Pro Lys Ala Leu Tyr Asp Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Glu 
               
               
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                 His Phe Pro Ala Pro Ala Arg Pro Arg Ser Pro Ser Pro Ile Ser Thr 
               
               
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                 Leu Ser His Arg Ala Gly Ser Ala Ser Arg Thr Asp Asp Asp Val Pro 
               
               
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                 Ser Leu His Ser Glu Pro Val Ala Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Gln Gly Ser 
               
               
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                 Leu Met Glu Gln Ile Ser Ser Val Val Thr Arg Phe Thr Ala Asn Ile 
               
               
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                 Ser Glu Leu Asn Ser Met Met Leu Ser Thr Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Gly 
               
               
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                 Val Gly Ala Pro Leu Cys Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ile Pro Lys Glu Ile Gln 
               
               
                             1060                1065                1070 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Pro Thr Thr Met Thr Thr Phe Ala Glu Ile Gln Pro Leu Pro Ala 
               
               
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                 Ile Glu Val Thr Gly Gly Ala Gln Pro Ala Ala Gly Ala Gln Ala Ala 
               
               
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                 Gly Asp Ala Ala Arg Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Ala 
               
               
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                 Ala Lys Pro Asp Leu Glu Glu Leu Val Ala Leu Thr Pro Pro Ser Pro 
               
               
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                 Phe Arg Asp Ser Val Asp Ser Gly Ser Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Pro Val 
               
               
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                 Ser Glu Ser Ala Leu Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser Pro Lys Tyr Asp Thr Leu 
               
               
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                 Ile Ile Arg Asp Tyr Thr Gln Ser Ser Ser Pro Leu 
               
               
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     hereinafter designated as SEQ ID NO:2. 
     The invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid compound that comprises a nucleic acid sequence which encodes for the amino acid compounds provided. Particularly this invention provides the isolated nucleic acid compound having the sequence 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 GTGATACAGA CCAGTGAGAA GGCAGCTTCT CCTTTTCACC TTCTTCTCCA TTCGCTACAT 
                 60 
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGGATTTTAT TGTTCAGAGT TTCTCAGGAC AAAGCTAGAG CTAATTTGTG TCTCTAATCC 
                 120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGGGCACTGG CCATTTGAAG CAGCCAAAGG TGCATTGACC AGGACTACGT GCAGCCCTTC 
                 180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTCCAGTGGG ACATAAGCAG GGGTTTTCTG TGGAAGTCTT AGTTGCATGA CATTCTACTG 
                 240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCAGCTGTGG AGTGTTCAGG TTTAGAAGAT CATGACCACA TGGATCATCT AACTAAATGG 
                 300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TACATGGGGA CAAAATGGTC CTTTAGAAAA TACATCTGAA TTGCTGGCTA ATTTCTTGAT 
                 360 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTGCGACTCA ACGTAGGACA TCGCTTGTTC GTAGCTATCA GAACCCTCCT GAATTCTCCC 
                 420 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CACCTTGCTA TCTTTATTGG CTTGAACTCC TTTCCTAAA ATG GTC CTT CTG TTG 
                 474 
               
               
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                                                              1               5 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATC CTG TCA GTC TTA CTT TTG AAA. GAA GAT GTC CGT GGG AGT GCA CAG 
                 522 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Leu Ser Val Leu Leu Leu Lys Glu Asp Val Arg Gly Ser Ala Gln 
               
               
                                  10                  15                  20 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCC AGT GAG AGG AGG GTG GTG GCT CAC ATG CCG GGT GAC ATC ATT ATT 
                 570 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Glu Arg Arg Val Val Ala His Met Pro Gly Asp Ile Ile Ile 
               
               
                             25                  30                  35 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGA GCT CTC TTT TCT GTT CAT CAC CAG CCT ACT GTG GAC AAA GTT CAT 
                 618 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ala Leu Phe Ser Val His His Gln Pro Thr Val Asp Lys Val His 
               
               
                          40                  45                  50 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAG AGG AAG TGT GGG GCG GTC CGT GAA CAG TAT GGC ATT CAG AGA GTG 
                 666 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Arg Lys Cys Gly Ala Val Arg Glu Gln Tyr Gly Ile Gln Arg Val 
               
               
                      55                  60                  65 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAG GCC ATG CTG CAT ACC CTG GAA AGG ATC AAT TCA GAC CCC ACA CTC 
                 714 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Ala Met Leu His Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile Asn Ser Asp Pro Thr Leu 
               
               
                  70                  75                  80                  85 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTG CCC AAC ATC ACA CTG GGC TGT GAG ATA AGG GAC TCC TGC TGG CAT 
                 762 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Pro Asn Ile Thr Leu Gly Cys Glu Ile Arg Asp Ser Cys Trp His 
               
               
                                  90                  95                 100 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCG GCT GTG GCC CTA GAG CAG AGC ATT GAG TTC ATA AGA GAT TCC CTC 
                 810 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ala Val Ala Leu Glu Gln Ser Ile Glu Phe Ile Arg Asp Ser Leu 
               
               
                             105                 110                 115 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATT TCT TCA GAA GAG GAA GAA GGC TTG GTA CGC TGT GTG GAT GGC TCC 
                 858 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Glu Gly Leu Val Arg Cys Val Asp Gly Ser 
               
               
                         120                 125                 130 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCC TCT TCC TTC CGC TCC AAG AAG CCC ATA GTA GGG GTC ATT GGG CCT 
                 906 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Ser Phe Arg Ser Lys Lys Pro Ile Val Gly Val Ile Gly Pro 
               
               
                     135                 140                 145 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC TCC AGT TCT GTA GCC ATT CAG GTC CAG AAT TTG CTC CAG CTT TTC 
                 954 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Ser Ser Val Ala Ile Gln Val Gln Asn Leu Leu Gln Leu Phe 
               
               
                 150                 155                 160                 165 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAC ATA CCT CAG ATT GCT TAC TCA GCA ACC AGC ATG GAT CTG AGT GAC 
                 1002 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Ile Pro Gln Ile Ala Tyr Ser Ala Thr Ser Met Asp Leu Ser Asp 
               
               
                                 170                 175                 180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG ACT CTG TTC AAA TAT TTC ATG AGG GTT GTG CCT TCA GAT GCT CAG 
                 1050 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Thr Leu Phe Lys Tyr Phe Met Arg Val Val Pro Ser Asp Ala Gln 
               
               
                             185                 190                 195 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CAG GCA AGG GCC ATG GTG GAC ATA GTG AAG AGG TAC AAC TGG ACC TAT 
                 1098 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Ala Arg Ala Met Val Asp Ile Val Lys Arg Tyr Asn Trp Thr Tyr 
               
               
                         200                 205                 210 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GTA TCA GCC GTG CAC ACA GAA GGC AAC TAT GGA GAA AGT GGG ATG GAA 
                 1146 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ser Ala Val His Thr Glu Gly Asn Tyr Gly Glu Ser Gly Met Glu 
               
               
                     215                 220                 225 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCC TTC AAA GAT ATG TCA GCG AAG GAA GGG ATT TGC ATC GCC CAC TCT 
                 1194 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Phe Lys Asp Met Ser Ala Lys Glu Gly Ile Cys Ile Ala His Ser 
               
               
                 230                 235                 240                 245 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TAC AAA ATC TAC AGT AAT GCA GGG GAG CAG AGC TTT GAT AAG CTG CTG 
                 1242 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Lys Ile Tyr Ser Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Ser Phe Asp Lys Leu Leu 
               
               
                                 250                 255                 260 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG AAG CTC ACA AGT CAC TTG CCC AAG GCC CGG GTG GTG GCC TGC TTC 
                 1290 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Lys Leu Thr Ser His Leu Pro Lys Ala Arg Val Val Ala Cys Phe 
               
               
                             265                 270                 275 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGT GAG GGC ATG ACG GTG AGA GGT CTG CTG ATG GCC ATG AGG CGC CTG 
                 1338 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Glu Gly Met Thr Val Arg Gly Leu Leu Met Ala Met Arg Arg Leu 
               
               
                         280                 285                 290 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGT CTA GCG GGA GAA TTT CTG CTT CTG GGC AGT GAT GGC TGG GCT GAC 
                 1386 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Leu Ala Gly Glu Phe Leu Leu Leu Gly Ser Asp Gly Trp Ala Asp 
               
               
                     295                 300                 305 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AGG TAT GAT GTG ACA GAT GGA TAT CAG CGA GAA GCT GTT GGT GGC ATC 
                 1434 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Tyr Asp Val Thr Asp Gly Tyr Gln Arg Glu Ala Val Gly Gly Ile 
               
               
                 310                 315                 320                 325 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACA ATC AAG CTC CAA TCT CCC GAT GTC AAG TGG TTT GAT GAT TAT TAT 
                 1482 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Ile Lys Leu Gln Ser Pro Asp Val Lys Trp Phe Asp Asp Tyr Tyr 
               
               
                                 330                 335                 340 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTG AAG CTC CGG CCA GAA ACA AAC CAC CGA AAC CCT TGG TTT CAA GAA 
                 1530 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Lys Leu Arg Pro Glu Thr Asn His Arg Asn Pro Trp Phe Gln Glu 
               
               
                             345                 350                 355 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTT TGG CAG CAT CGT TTT CAG TGC CGA CTG GAA GGG TTT CCA CAG GAG 
                 1578 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Trp Gln His Arg Phe Gln Cys Arg Leu Glu Gly Phe Pro Gln Glu 
               
               
                         360                 365                 370 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAC AGC AAA TAC AAC AAG ACT TGC AAT AGT TCT CTG ACT CTG AAA ACA 
                 1626 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Ser Lys Tyr Asn Lys Thr Cys Asn Ser Ser Leu Thr Leu Lys Thr 
               
               
                     375                 380                 385 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CAT CAT GTT CAG GAT TCC AAA ATG GGA TTT GTG ATC AAC GCC ATC TAT 
                 1674 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 His His Val Gln Asp Ser Lys Met Gly Phe Val Ile Asn Ala Ile Tyr 
               
               
                 390                 395                 400                 405 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCG ATG GCC TAT GGG CTC CAC AAC ATG CAG ATG TCC CTC TGC CCA GGC 
                 1722 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Met Ala Tyr Gly Leu His Asn Met Gln Met Ser Leu Cys Pro Gly 
               
               
                                 410                 415                 420 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TAT GCA GGA CTC TGT GAT GCC ATG AAG CCA ATT GAT GGA CGG AAA CTT 
                 1770 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Ala Gly Leu Cys Asp Ala Met Lys Pro Ile Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu 
               
               
                             425                 430                 435 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTG GAG TCC CTG ATG AAA ACC AAT TTT ACT GGG GTT TCT GGA GAT ACG 
                 1818 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Glu Ser Leu Met Lys Thr Asn Phe Thr Gly Val Ser Gly Asp Thr 
               
               
                         440                 445                 450 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATC CTA TTC GAT GAG AAT GGA GAC TCT CCA GGA AGG TAT GAA ATA ATG 
                 1866 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Leu Phe Asp Glu Asn Gly Asp Ser Pro Gly Arg Tyr Glu Ile Met 
               
               
                     455                 460                 465 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAT TTC AAG GAA ATG GGA AAA GAT TAC TTT GAT TAT ATC AAC GTT GGA 
                 1914 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Phe Lys Glu Met Gly Lys Asp Tyr Phe Asp Tyr Ile Asn Val Gly 
               
               
                 470                 475                 480                 485 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AGT TGG GAC AAT GGA GAA TTA AAA ATG GAT GAT GAT GAA GTA TGG TCC 
                 1962 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Trp Asp Asn Gly Glu Leu Lys Met Asp Asp Asp Glu Val Trp Ser 
               
               
                                 490                 495                 500 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG AAA AGC AAC ATC ATC AGA TCT GTG TGC AGT GAA CCA TGT GAG AAA 
                 2010 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Lys Ser Asn Ile Ile Arg Ser Val Cys Ser Glu Pro Cys Glu Lys 
               
               
                             505                 510                 515 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC CAG ATC AAG GTG ATC CGA AAG GGA GAA GTC AGC TGT TGT TGG ACC 
                 2058 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Gln Ile Lys Val Ile Arg Lys Gly Glu Val Ser Cys Cys Trp Thr 
               
               
                         520                 525                 530 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGT ACA CCT TGT AAG GAG AAT GAG TAT GTC TTT GAT GAG TAC ACA TGC 
                 2106 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Thr Pro Cys Lys Glu Asn Glu Tyr Val Phe Asp Glu Tyr Thr Cys 
               
               
                     535                 540                 545 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG GCA TGC CAA CTG GGG TCT TGG CCC ACT GAT GAT CTC ACA GGT TGT 
                 2154 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Ala Cys Gln Leu Gly Ser Trp Pro Thr Asp Asp Leu Thr Gly Cys 
               
               
                 550                 555                 560                 565 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAC TTG ATC CCA GTA CAG TAT CTT CGA TGG GGT G#AC CCT GAA CCC ATT 
                 2202 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Leu Ile Pro Val Gln Tyr Leu Arg Trp Gly Asp Pro Glu Pro Ile 
               
               
                                 570                 575                 580 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCA GCT GTG GTG TTT GCC TGC CTT GGC CTC CTG GCC ACC CTG TTT GTT 
                 2250 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ala Val Val Phe Ala Cys Leu Gly Leu Leu Ala Thr Leu Phe Val 
               
               
                             585                 590                 595 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACT GTA GTC TTC ATC ATT TAC CGT GAT ACA CCA GTA GTC AAG TCC TCA 
                 2298 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Val Val Phe Ile Ile Tyr Arg Asp Thr Pro Val Val Lys Ser Ser 
               
               
                         600                 605                 610 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AGC AGG GAA CTC TGC TAC ATT ATC CTT GCT GGC ATC TGC CTG GGC TAC 
                 2346 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Arg Giu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Giy Ile Cys Leu Gly Tyr 
               
               
                     615                 620                 625 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTA TGT ACC TTC TGC CTC ATT GCG AAG CCC AAA CAG ATT TAC TGC TAC 
                 2394 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Cys Thr Phe Cys Leu Ile Ala Lys Pro Lys Gln Ile Tyr Cys Tyr 
               
               
                 630                 635                 640                 645 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTT CAG AGA ATT GGC ATT GGT CTC TCC CCA GCC ATG AGC TAC TCA GCC 
                 2442 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Gln Arg Ile Gly Ile Gly Leu Ser Pro Ala Met Ser Tyr Ser Ala 
               
               
                                 650                 655                 660 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTT GTA ACA AAG ACC AAC CGT ATT GCA AGG ATC CTG GCT GGC AGC AAG 
                 2490 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Val Thr Lys Thr Asn Arg Ile Ala Arg Ile Leu Ala Gly Ser Lys 
               
               
                             665                 670                 675 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG AAG ATC TGT ACC AAA AAG CCC AGA TTC ATG AGT GCC TGT GCC CAG 
                 2538 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Lys Ile Cys Thr Lys Lys Pro Arg Phe Met Ser Ala Cys Ala Gln 
               
               
                         680                 685                 690 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTA GTG ATT GCT TTC ATT CTC ATA TGC ATC CAG TTG GGC ATC ATC GTT 
                 2586 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Val Ile Ala Phe Ile Leu Ile Cys Ile Gln Leu Gly Ile Ile Val 
               
               
                     695                 700                 705 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCC CTC TTT ATA ATG GAG CCT CCT GAC ATA ATG CAT GAC TAC CCA AGC 
                 2634 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Leu Phe Ile Met Glu Pro Pro Asp Ile Met His Asp Tyr Pro Ser 
               
               
                 710                 715                 720                 725 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATT CGA GAA GTC TAC CTG ATC TGT AAC ACC ACC AAC CTA GGA GTT GTC 
                 2682 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Arg Glu Val Tyr Leu Ile Cys Asn Thr Thr Asn Leu Gly Val Val 
               
               
                                 730                 735                 740 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACT CCA CTT GGA TAC AAT GGA TTG TTG ATT TTG AGC TGC ACC TTC TAT 
                 2730 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Pro Leu Gly Tyr Asn Gly Leu Leu Ile Leu Ser Cys Thr Phe Tyr 
               
               
                             745                 750                 755 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCG TTC AAG ACC AGA AAT GTT CCA GCT AAC TTC AAC GAG GCC AAG TAT 
                 2778 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Phe Lys Thr Arg Asn Val Pro Ala Asn Phe Asn Glu Ala Lys Tyr 
               
               
                         760                 765                 770 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATC GCC TTC ACA ATG TAC ACG ACC TGC ATT ATA TGG CTA GCT TTT GTG 
                 2826 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Ala Phe Thr Met Tyr Thr Thr Cys Ile Ile Trp Leu Ala Phe Val 
               
               
                     775                 780                 785 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CCA ATC TAC TTT GGC AGC AAC TAC AAA ATC ATC ACC ATG TGT TTC TCG 
                 2874 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Ile Tyr Phe Gly Ser Ash Tyr Lys Ile Ile Thr Met Cys Phe Ser 
               
               
                 790                 795                 800                 805 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GTC AGC CTC AGT GCC ACA GTG GCC CTA GGC TGC ATG TTT GTG CCG AAG 
                 2922 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ser Leu Ser Ala Thr Val Ala Leu Gly Cys Met Phe Val Pro Lys 
               
               
                                 810                 815                 820 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GTG TAC ATC ATC CTG GCC AAA CCA GAG AGA AAC GTG CGC AGC GCC TTC 
                 2970 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Lys Pro Glu Arg Asn Val Arg Ser Ala Phe 
               
               
                             825                 830                 835 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACC ACA TCT ACC GTG GTG CGC ATG CAT GTA GGG GAT GGC AAG TCA TCC 
                 3018 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Thr Ser Thr Val Val Arg Met His Val Gly Asp Gly Lys Ser Ser 
               
               
                         840                 845                 850 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCC GCA GCC AGC AGA TCC AGC AGC CTA GTC AAC CTG TGG AAG AGA AGG 
                 3066 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ala Ala Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Leu Val Asn Leu Trp Lys Arg Arg 
               
               
                     855                 860                 865 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC TCC TCT GGG GAA ACC TTA AGT TCC AAT GGA AAA TCC GTC ACG TGG 
                 3114 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Ser Gly Glu Thr Leu Ser Ser Asn Gly Lys Ser Val Thr Trp 
               
               
                 870                 875                 880                 885 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCC CAG AAT GAG AAG AGC AGC CGG GGG CAG CAC CTG TGG CAG CGC CTG 
                 3162 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Gln Asn Glu Lys Ser Ser Arg Gly Gln His Leu Trp Gln Arg Leu 
               
               
                                 890                 895                 900 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCC ATC CAC ATC AAC AAG AAA GAA AAC CCC AAC CAA ACG GCC GTC ATC 
                 3210 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ile His Ile Asn Lys Lys Glu Asn Pro Asn Gln Thr Ala Val Ile 
               
               
                             905                 910                 915 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG CCC TTC CCC AAG AGC ACG GAG AGC CGT GGC CTG GGC GCT GGC GCT 
                 3258 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Pro Phe Pro Lys Ser Thr Glu Ser Arg Gly Leu Gly Ala Gly Ala 
               
               
                         920                 925                 930 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC GCA GGC GGG AGC GCT GGG GGC GTG GGG GCC ACG GGC GGT GCG GGC 
                 3306 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ala Gly Gly Val Gly Ala Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly 
               
               
                     935                 940                 945 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGC GCA GGC GCC GGC CCA GGC GGG CCC GAG TCC CCA GAC GCC GGC CCC 
                 3354 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Ala Gly Ala Gly Pro Gly Gly Pro Glu Ser Pro Asp Ala Gly Pro 
               
               
                 950                 955                 960                 965 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG GCG CTG TAT GAT GTG GCC GAG GCT GAG GAG CAC TTC CCG GCG CCC 
                 3402 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Ala Leu Tyr Asp Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Glu His Phe Pro Ala Pro 
               
               
                                 970                 975                 980 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCG CGG CCG CGC TCA CCG TCG CCC ATC AGC ACG CTG AGC CAC CGC GCG 
                 3450 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Arg Pro Arg Ser Pro Ser Pro Ile Ser Thr Leu Ser His Arg Ala 
               
               
                             985                 990                 995 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC TCG GCC AGC CGC ACG GAC GAC GAT GTG CCG TCG CTG CAC TCG GAG 
                 3498 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Ala Ser Arg Thr Asp Asp Asp Val Pro Ser Leu His Ser Glu 
               
               
                         1000                1005                1010 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CCT GTG GCG CGC AGC AGC TCC TCG CAG GGC TCC CTC ATG GAG CAG ATC 
                 3546 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Val Ala Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Gln Gly Ser Leu Met Glu Gln Ile 
               
               
                     1015                1020                1025 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AGC AGT GTG GTC ACC CGC TTC ACG GCC AAC ATC AGC GAG CTC AAC TCC 
                 3594 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Val Val Thr Arg Phe Thr Ala Asn Ile Ser Glu Leu Asn Ser 
               
               
                 1030                1035                1040                1045 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATG ATG CTG TCC ACC GCG GCC CCC AGC CCC GGC GTC GGC GCC CCG CTC 
                 3642 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Met Leu Ser Thr Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Gly Val Gly Ala Pro Leu 
               
               
                                 1050                1055                1060 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGC TCG TCC TAC CTG ATC CCC AAA GAG ATC CAG TTG CCC ACG ACC ATG 
                 3690 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ile Pro Lys Glu Ile Gln Leu Pro Thr Thr Met 
               
               
                              1065                1070                1075 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACG ACC TTT GCC GAA ATC CAG CCT CTG CCG GCC ATC GAA GTC ACG GGC 
                 3738 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Thr Phe Ala Glu Ile Gln Pro Leu Pro Ala Ile Glu Val Thr Gly 
               
               
                         1080                1085                1090 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC GCG CAG CCC GCG GCA GGG GCG CAG GCG GCT GGG GAC GCG GCC CGG 
                 3786 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ala Gln Pro Ala Ala Gly Ala Gln Ala Ala Gly Asp Ala Ala Arg 
               
               
                     1095                1100                1105 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAG AGC CCC GCG GCC GGT CCC GAG GCT GCG GCC GCC AAG CCA GAC CTG 
                 3834 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Ala Ala Lys Pro Asp Leu 
               
               
                 1110                1115                1120                1125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAG GAG CTG GTG GCT CTC ACC CCG CCG TCC CCC TTC AGA GAC TCG GTG 
                 3882 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Glu Leu Val Ala Leu Thr Pro Pro Ser Pro Phe Arg Asp Ser Val 
               
               
                                 1130                1135                1140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAC TCG GCG AGC ACA ACC CCC AAC TCG CCA GTG TCC GAG TCG GCC CTC 
                 3930 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Ser Gly Ser Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Pro Val Ser Glu Ser Ala Leu 
               
               
                             1145                1150                1155 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGT ATC CCG TCG TCT CCC AAA TAT GAC ACT CTT ATC ATA AGA GAT TAC 
                 3978 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser Pro Lys Tyr Asp Thr Leu Ile Ile Arg Asp Tyr 
               
               
                         1160                1165                1170 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACT CAG AGC TCC TCG CCGCTC TGAATGTCCC TGGAAAGCAC GCCGGCCTGC 
                 4029 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Gln Ser Ser Ser Pro Leu 
               
               
                     1175                1180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCGTGCGGAG CGGAGCCCCC CGTGTTCACA CACACACAAT GGCAAGCATA GCCGCCTCGT 
                 4089 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TACGGCCCAG GGGGAAGGTG CCAAGGGCAC CCCTTTATGG AAACACGAGA TCAGTAGCGC 
                 4149 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TATCTCATGA CAACCCACGA AGAAACCCAC GACAAATCTC GCGGCAGATT TTCTTCTA 
                 4207 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     which is hereinafter designated as SEQ ID NO:1. 
     This invention further provides an isolated amino acid compound useful as a human metabotropic glutamate receptor, said compound comprising the amino acid sequence 
     
       
         
           
               
               
            
               
                 Met Val Leu Leu Leu IleLeu Ser Val Leu Leu Leu Lys Glu Asp Val 
                   
               
               
                   1               5                  10                  15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Gly Ser Ala Gln Ser Ser Glu Arg Arg Val Val Ala His Met Pro 
               
               
                              20                  25                  30 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Asp Ile Ile Ile Gly Ala Leu Phe Ser Val His His Gln Pro Thr 
               
               
                          35                  40                  45 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Asp Lys Val His Glu Arg Lys Cys Gly Ala Val Arg Glu Gln Tyr 
               
               
                      50                  55                  60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ile Gln Arg Val Glu Ala Met Leu His Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile Asn 
               
               
                  65                  70                  75                  80 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Asp Pro Thr Leu Leu Pro Asn Ile Thr Leu Gly Cys *Glu Ile Arg 
               
               
                                  85                  90                  95 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Ser Cys Trp His Ser Ala Val Ala Leu Glu Gln Ser Ile Glu Phe 
               
               
                             100                 105                 110 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Arg Asp Ser Leu Ile Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Glu Gly Leu Val Arg 
               
               
                         115                 120                 125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Val Asp Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Phe Arg Ser Lys Lys Pro Ile Val 
               
               
                     130                 135                 140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Val Ile Gly Pro Gly Ser Ser Ser Val Ala Ile Gln Val Gln Asn 
               
               
                 145                 150                 155                 160 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Leu Gln Leu Phe Asn Ile Pro Gln Ile Ala Tyr Ser Ala Thr Ser 
               
               
                                 165                 170                 175 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Asp Leu Ser Asp Lys Thr Leu Phe Lys Tyr Phe Met Arg Val Val 
               
               
                             180                 185                 190 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Ser Asp Ala Gln Gln Ala Arg Ala Met Val Asp Ile Val Lys Arg 
               
               
                         195                 200                 205 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Asn Trp Thr Tyr Val Ser Ala Val His Thr Glu Gly Asn Tyr Gly 
               
               
                     21O                 215                 220 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Ser Gly Met Glu Ala Phe Lys Asp Met Ser Ala Lys Glu Gly Ile 
               
               
                 225                 230                 235                 240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Ile Ala His Ser Tyr Lys Ile Tyr Ser Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Ser 
               
               
                                 245                 250                 255 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Asp Lys Leu Leu Lys Lys Leu Thr Ser His Leu Pro Lys Ala Arg 
               
               
                             260                 265                 270 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Val Ala Cys Phe Cys Glu Gly Met Thr Val Arg Gly Leu Leu Met 
               
               
                         275                 280                 285 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Met Arg Arg Leu Gly Leu Ala Gly Glu Phe Leu Leu Leu Gly Ser 
               
               
                     290                 295                 300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Gly Trp Ala Asp Arg Tyr Asp Val Thr Asp Gly Tyr Gln Arg Glu 
               
               
                 305                 310                 315                 320 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Val Gly Gly Ile Thr Ile Lys Leu Gln Ser Pro Asp Val Lys Trp 
               
               
                                 325                 330                 335 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Asp Asp Tyr Tyr Leu Lys Leu Arg Pro Glu Thr Asn His Arg Asn 
               
               
                             340                 345                 350 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Trp Phe Gln Glu Phe Trp Gln His Arg Phe Gln Cys Arg Leu Glu 
               
               
                         355                 360                 365 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Phe Pro Gln Glu Asn Ser Lys Tyr Asn Lys Thr Cys Asn Ser Ser 
               
               
                     370                 375                 380 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Thr Leu Lys Thr His His Val Gln Asp Ser Lys Met Gly Phe Val 
               
               
                 385                 390                 395                 400 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Asn Ala Ile Tyr Ser Met Ala Tyr Gly Leu His Asn Met Gln Met 
               
               
                                 405                 410                 415 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Leu Cys Pro Gly Tyr Ala Gly Leu Cys Asp Ala Met Lys Pro Ile 
               
               
                             420                 425                 430 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu Leu Glu Ser Leu Met Lys Thr Asn Phe Thr Gly 
               
               
                         435                 440                 445 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ser Gly Asp Thr Ile Leu Phe Asp Glu Asn Gly Asp Ser Pro Gly 
               
               
                     450                 455                 460 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Tyr Glu Ile Met Asn Phe Lys Glu Met Gly Lys Asp Tyr Phe Asp 
               
               
                 465                 470                 475                 480 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Ile Asn Val Gly Ser Trp Asp Asn Gly Glu Leu Lys Met Asp Asp 
               
               
                                 485                 490                 495 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Glu Val Trp Ser Lys Lys Ser Asn Ile Ile Arg Ser Val Cys Ser 
               
               
                             500                 505                 510 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Pro Cys Glu Lys Gly Gln Ile Lys Val Ile Arg Lys Gly Glu Val 
               
               
                         515                 520                 525 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Cys Cys Trp Thr Cys Thr Pro Cys Lys Glu Asn Glu Tyr Val Phe 
               
               
                     530                 535                 540 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Glu Tyr Thr Cys Lys Ala Cys Gln Leu Gly Ser Trp Pro Thr Asp 
               
               
                 545                 550                 555                 560 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Leu Thr Gly Cys Asp leu Ile Pro Val Gln Tyr Leu Arg Trp Gly 
               
               
                                 565                 570                 575 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Pro Glu Pro Ile Ala Ala Val Val Phe Ala Cys Leu Gly Leu Leu 
               
               
                             580                 585                 590 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Thr Leu Phe Val Thr Val Val Phe Ile Ile Tyr Arg Asp Thr Pro 
               
               
                         595                 600                 605 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Val Lys Ser Ser Ser Arg Glu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Gly 
               
               
                     610                 615                 620 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Cys Leu Gly Tyr Leu Cys Thr Phe Cys Leu Ile Ala Lys Pro Lys 
               
               
                 625                 630                 635                 640 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Ile Tyr Cys Tyr Leu Gln Arg Ile Gly Ile Gly Leu Ser Pro Ala 
               
               
                                 645                 650                 655 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Ser Tyr Ser Ala Leu Val Thr Lys Thr Asn Arg Ile Ala Arg Ile 
               
               
                             660                 665                 670 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Ala Gly Ser Lys Lys Lys Ile Cys Thr Lys Lys Pro Arg Phe Met 
               
               
                         675                 680                 685 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ala Cys Ala Gln Leu Val Ile Ala Phe Ile Leu Ile Cys Ile Gln 
               
               
                     690                 695                 700 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Gly Ile Ile Val Ala Leu Phe Ile Met Glu Pro Pro Asp Ile Met 
               
               
                 705                 710                 715                 720 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 His Asp Tyr Pro Ser Ile Arg Glu Val Tyr Leu Ile Cys Asn Thr Thr 
               
               
                                 725                 730                 735 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Leu Gly Val Val Thr Pro Leu Gly Tyr Asn Gly Leu Leu Ile Leu 
               
               
                             740                 745                 750 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Cys Thr Phe Tyr Ala Phe Lys Thr Arg Asn Val Pro Ala Asn Phe 
               
               
                         755                 760                 765 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Glu Ala Lys Tyr Ile Ala Phe Thr Met Tyr Thr Thr Cys Ile Ile 
               
               
                     770                 775                 780 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Trp Leu Ala Phe Val Pro Ile Tyr Phe Gly Ser Asn Tyr Lys Ile Ile 
               
               
                 785                 790                 795                 800 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Met Cys Phe Ser Val Ser Leu Ser Ala Thr Val Ala Leu Gly Cys 
               
               
                                 805                 810                 815 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Phe Val Pro Lys Val Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Lys Pro Glu Arg Asn 
               
               
                             820                 825                 830 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Arg Ser Ala Phe Thr Thr Ser Thr Val Val Arg Met His Val Gly 
               
               
                         835                 840                 845 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Gly Lys Ser Ser Ser Ala Ala Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Leu Val 
               
               
                     850                 855                 860 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Trp Lys Arg Arg Gly Ser Ser Gly Glu Thr Leu Arg Tyr Lys Asp 
               
               
                 865                 870                 875                 880 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Arg Leu Ala Gln His Lys Ser Glu Ile Glu Cys Phe Thr Pro Lys 
               
               
                                 885                 890                 895 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Met Gly Asn Gly Gly Arg Ala Thr Met Ser Ser Ser Asn Gly 
               
               
                             900                 905                 910 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Ser Val Thr Trp Ala Gln Asn Glu Lys Ser Ser Arg Gly Gln His 
               
               
                         915                 920                 925 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Trp Gln Arg Leu Ser Ile His Ile Asn Lys Lys Glu Asn Pro Asn 
               
               
                     930                 935                 940 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Thr Ala Val Ile Lys Pro Phe Pro Lys Ser Thr Glu Ser Arg Gly 
               
               
                 945                 950                 955                 960 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ala Gly Gly Val Gly Ala 
               
               
                                 965                 970                 975 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly Cys Ala Gly Ala Gly Pro Gly Gly Pro Glu Ser 
               
               
                             980                 985                 990 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Asp Ala Gly Pro Lys Ala Leu Tyr Asp Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Glu 
               
               
                         995                 1000                1005 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 His Phe Pro Ala Pro Ala Arg Pro Arg Ser Pro Ser Pro Ile Ser Thr 
               
               
                     1010                1015                1020 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Ser His Arg Ala Gly Ser Ala Ser Arg Thr Asp Asp Asp Val Pro 
               
               
                 1025                1030                1035                1040 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Leu His Ser Glu Pro Val Ala Arg Ser Ser Ser Set Gln Gly Ser 
               
               
                                 1045                1050                1055 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Met Glu Gln Ile Ser Ser Val Val Thr Arg Phe Thr Ala Asn Ile 
               
               
                             1060                1065                1070 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Glu Leu Asn Ser Met Met Leu Ser Thr Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Gly 
               
               
                         1075                1080                1085 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Gly Ala Pro Leu Cys Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ile Pro Lys Glu Ile Gln 
               
               
                     1090                1095                1100 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Pro Thr Thr Met Thr Thr Phe Ala Glu Ile Gln Pro Leu Pro Ala 
               
               
                 1105                1110                1115                1120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Glu Val Thr Gly Gly Ala Gln Pro Ala Ala Gly Ala Gln Ala Ala 
               
               
                                 1125                113O                1135 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Asp Ala Ala Arg Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Ala 
               
               
                             1140                1145                1150 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Lys Pro Asp Leu Glu Glu Leu Val Ala Leu Thr Pro Pro Ser Pro 
               
               
                         1155                116O                1165 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Arg Asp Ser Val Asp Ser Gly Ser Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Pro Val 
               
               
                     117O                1175                1180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Glu Ser Ala Leu Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser Pro Lys Tyr Asp Thr Leu 
               
               
                 1185                119O                1195                1200 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Ile Arg Asp Tyr Thr Gln Ser Ser Ser Pro Leu 
               
               
                                 1205                1210 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     ! ! ! 
     hereinafter designated as SEQ ID NO:5. 
     The invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid compound that comprises a nucleic acid sequence which encodes for the amino acid compounds provided. Particularly this invention provides the isolated nucleic acid compound having the sequence 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 GTGATACAGA CCAGTGAGAA GGCAGCTTCT CCTTTTCACC TTCTTCTCCA TTCGCTACAT 
                  60 
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGGATTTTAT TGTTCAGAGT TTCTCAGGAC AAAGCTAGAG CTAATTTGTG TCTCTAATCC 
                 120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGGGCACTGG CCATTTGAAG CAGCCAAAGG TGCATTGACC AGGACTACGT GCAGCCCTTC 
                 180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTCCAGTGGG ACATAAGCAG GGGTTTTCTG TGGAAGTCTT AGTTGCATGA CATTCTACTG 
                 240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCAGCTGTGG AGTGTTCAGG TTTAGAAGAT CATGACCACA TGGATCATCT AACTAAATGG 
                 300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TACATGGGGA CAAAATGGTC CTTTAGAAAA TACATCTGAA TTGCTGGCTA ATTTCTTGAT 
                 360 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTGCGACTCA ACGTAGGACA TCGCTTGTTC GTAGCTATCA GAACCCTCCT GAATTCTCCC 
                 420 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CACCTTGCTA TCTTTATTGG CTTGAACTCC TTTCCTAAA ATG GTC CTT CTG TTG 
                 474 
               
               
                   
               
               
                                                            Met Val Leu Leu Leu 
               
               
                                                              1               5 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATC CTG TCA GTC TTA CTT TTG AAA GAA GAT GTC CGT GGG AGT GCA CAG 
                 522 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Leu Ser Val Leu Leu Leu Lys Glu Asp Val Arg Gly Ser Ala Gln 
               
               
                                  10                  15                  20 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCC AGT GAG AGG AGG GTG GTG GCT CAC ATG CCG GGT GAC ATC ATT ATT 
                 570 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Glu Arg Arg Val Val Ala His Met Pro Giy Asp Ile Ile Ile 
               
               
                              25                  30                  35 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGA GCT CTC TTT TCT GTT CAT CAC CAG CCT ACT GTG GAC AAA GTT CAT 
                 618 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ala Leu Phe Ser Val His His Gln Pro Thr Val Asp Lys Val His 
               
               
                          40                  45                  50 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAG AGG AAG TGT GGG GCG GTC CGT GAA CAG TAT GGC ATT CAG AGA GTG 
                 666 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Arg Lys Cys Gly Ala Val Arg Glu Gln Tyr Gly Ile Gln Arg Val 
               
               
                      55                  60                  65 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAG GCC ATG CTGCAT ACC CTG GAA AGG ATC AAT TCA GAC CCC ACA CTC 
                 714 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Ala Met Leu His Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile Asn Ser Asp Pro Thr Leu 
               
               
                 70                  75                  80                  85 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTG CCC AAC ATC ACA CTG GGC TGT GAG ATA AGG GAC TCC TGC TGG CAT 
                 762 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Pro Asn Ile Thr Leu Gly Cys Glu Ile Arg Asp Ser Cys Trp His 
               
               
                                  90                  95                 100 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCG GCT GTG GCC CTA GAG CAG AGC ATT GAG TTC ATA AGA GAT TCC CTC 
                 810 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ala Val Ala Leu Glu Gln Ser Ile Glu Phe Ile Arg Asp Ser Leu 
               
               
                             105                 110                 115 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATT TCT TCA GAA GAG GAA GAA GGC TTG GTA CGC TGT GTG GAT GGC TCC 
                 858 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Glu Gly Leu Val Arg Cys Val Asp Gly Ser 
               
               
                         120                 125                 130 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCC TCT TCC TTC CGC TCC AAG AAG CCC ATA GTA GGG GTC ATT GGG CCT 
                 906 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Ser Phe Arg Ser Lys Lys Pro Ile Val Gly Val Ile Gly Pro 
               
               
                     135                 140                 145 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC TCC AGT TCT GTA GCC ATT CAC GTC CAG AAT TTG CTC CAG CTT TTC 
                 954 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Ser Ser Val Ala Ile Gln Val Gin Asn Leu Leu Gln Leu Phe 
               
               
                 150                 155                 160                 165 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAC ATA CCT CAG ATT GCT TAC TCA GCA ACC AGC ATG GAT CTG AGT GAC 
                 1002 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Ile Pro Gln Ile Ala Tyr Ser Ala Thr Ser Met Asp Leu Ser Asp 
               
               
                                 170                 175                 180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG ACT CTG TTC AAA TAT TTC ATG AGG GTT GTG CCT TCA GAT GCT CAG 
                 1050 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Thr Leu Phe Lys Tyr Phe Met Arg Val Val Pro Ser Asp Ala Gln 
               
               
                             185                 190                 195 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CAG GCA AGG GCC ATG GTG GAC ATA GTG AAG AGG TAC AAC TGG ACC TAT 
                 1098 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Ala Arg Ala Met Val Asp Ile Val Lys Arg Tyr Asn Trp Thr Tyr 
               
               
                         200                 205                 210 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GTA TCA GCC GTG CAC ACA GAA GGC AAC TAT GGA GAA AGT GGG ATG GAA 
                 1146 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ser Ala Val His Thr Glu Gly Asn Tyr Gly Glu Ser Gly Met Glu 
               
               
                     215                 220                 225 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCC TTC AAA GAT ATG TCA GCG AAG GAA GGG ATT TGC ATC GCC CAC TCT 
                 1194 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Phe Lys Asp Met Ser Ala Lys Glu Gly Ile Cys Ile Ala His Ser 
               
               
                 230                 235                 240                 245 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TAC AAA ATC TAC AGT AAT GCA GGG GAG CAG AGC TTT GAT AAG CTG CTG 
                 1242 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Lys Ile Tyr Ser Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Ser Phe Asp Lys Leu Leu 
               
               
                                 250                 255                 260 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG AAG CTC ACA AGT CAC TTG CCC AAG GCC CGG GTG GTG GCC TGC TTC 
                 1290 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Lys Leu Thr Ser His Leu Pro Lys Ala Arg Val Val Ala Cys Phe 
               
               
                             265                 270                 275 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGT GAG GGC ATG ACG GTG AGA GGT CTG CTG ATG GCC ATG AGG CGC CTG 
                 1338 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Glu Gly Met Thr Val Arg Gly Leu Leu Met Ala Met Arg Arg Leu 
               
               
                         280                 285                 290 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGT CTA GCG GGA GAA TTT CTG CTT CTG GGC AGT GAT GGC TGG GCT GAC 
                 1386 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Leu Ala Gly Glu Phe Leu Leu Leu Gly Ser Asp Gly Trp Ala Asp 
               
               
                     295                 300                 305 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AGG TAT GAT GTG ACA GAT GGA TAT CAG CGA GAA GCT GTT GGT GGC ATC 
                 1434 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Tyr Asp Val Thr Asp Gly Tyr Gln Arg Glu Ala Val Gly Gly Ile 
               
               
                 310                 315                 320                 325 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACA ATC AAG CTC CAA TCT CCC GAT GTC AAG TGG TTT GAT GAT TAT TAT 
                 1482 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Ile Lys Leu Gln Ser Pro Asp Val Lys Trp Phe Asp Asp Tyr Tyr 
               
               
                                 330                 335                 340 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTG AAG CTC CGG CCA GAA ACA AAC CAC CGA AAC CCT TGG TTT CAA GAA 
                 1530 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Lys Leu Arg Pro Glu Thr Asn His Arg Asn Pro Trp Phe Gln Glu 
               
               
                             345                 350                 355 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTT TGG CAG CAT CGT TTT CAG T9C CGA CTG GAA GGG TTT CCA CAG GAG 
                 1578 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Trp Gln His Arg Phe Gln Cys Arg Leu Glu Gly Phe Pro Gln Glu 
               
               
                         360                 365                 370 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAC AGC AAA TAC AAC AAG ACT TGC AAT AGT TCT CTG ACT CTG AAA ACA 
                 1626 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Ser Lys Tyr Asn Lys Thr Cys Asn Ser Ser Leu Thr Leu Lys Thr 
               
               
                     375                 380                 385 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CAT CAT GTT CAG GAT TCC AAA ATG GGA TTT GTG ATC AAC GCC ATC TAT 
                 1674 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 His His Val Gln Asp Ser Lys Met Gly Phe Val Ile Asn Ala Ile Tyr 
               
               
                 390                 395                 400                 405 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCG ATG GCC TAT GGG CTC CAC AAC ATG CAG ATG TCC CTC TGC CCA GGC 
                 1722 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Met Aia Tyr Gly Leu His Asn Met Gln Met Ser Leu Cys Pro Gly 
               
               
                                 410                 415                 420 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TAT GCA GGA CTC TGT GAT GCC ATG AAG CCA ATT GAT GGA CGG AAA CTT 
                 1770 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Ala Gly Leu Cys Asp Ala Met Lys Pro Ile Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu 
               
               
                             425                 430                 435 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTG GAG TCC CTG ATG AAA ACC AAT TTT ACT GGG GTT TCT GGA GAT ACG 
                 1818 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Glu Ser Leu Met Lys Thr Asn Phe Thr Gly Val Ser Gly Asp Thr 
               
               
                         440                 445                 450 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATC CTA TTC GAT GAG AAT GGA GAC TCT CCA GGA AGG TAT GAA ATA ATG 
                 1866 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Leu Phe Asp Glu Asn Gly Asp Ser Pro Gly Arg Tyr Glu Ile Met 
               
               
                     455                 460                 465 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAT TTC AAG GAA ATG GGA AAA GAT TAC TTT GAT TAT ATC AAC GTT GGA 
                 1914 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Phe Lys Glu Met Gly Lys Asp Tyr Phe Asp Tyr Ile Asn Val Gly 
               
               
                 470                 475                 480                 485 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AGT TGG GAC AAT GGA GAA TTA AAA ATG GAT GAT GAT GAA GTA TGG TCC 
                 1962 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Trp Asp Asn Gly Glu Leu Lys Met Asp Asp Asp Glu Val Trp Ser 
               
               
                                 490                 495                 500 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG AAA AGC AAC ATC ATC AGA TCT GTG TGC AGT GAA CCA TGT GAG AAA 
                 2010 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Lys Ser Asn Ile Ile Arg Ser Val Cys Ser Glu Pro Cys Glu Lys 
               
               
                             505                 510                 515 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC CAG ATC AAG GTG ATC CGA AAG GGA GAA GTC AGC TGT TGT TGG ACC 
                 2058 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Gln Ile Lys Val Ile Arg Lys Gly Glu Val Ser Cys Cys Trp Thr 
               
               
                         520                 525                 530 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGT ACA CCT TGT AAG GAG AAT GAG TAT GTC TTT GAT GAG TAC ACA TGC 
                 2106 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Thr Pro Cys Lys Glu Asn Glu Tyr Val Phe Asp Glu Tyr Thr Cys 
               
               
                     535                 540                 545 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG GCA TGC CAA CTG GGG TCT TGG CCC ACT GAT GAT CTC ACA GGT TGT 
                 2154 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Ala Cys Gln Leu Gly Ser Trp Pro Thr Asp Asp Leu Thr Gly Cys 
               
               
                 550                 555                 560                 565 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAC TTG ATC CCA GTA CAG TAT CTT CGA TGG GGT GAC CCT GAA CCC ATT 
                 2202 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Leu Ile Pro Val Gln Tyr Leu Arg Trp Gly Asp Pro Glu Pro Ile 
               
               
                                 570                 575                 580 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCA GCT GTG GTG TTT GCC TGC CTT GGC CTC CTG GCC ACC CTG TTT GTT 
                 2250 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ala Val Val Phe Ala Cys Leu Gly Leu Leu Ala Thr Leu Phe Val 
               
               
                             585                 590                 595 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACT GTA GTC TTC ATC ATT TAC CGT GAT ACA CCA GTA GTC AAG TCC TCA 
                 2298 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Val Val Phe Ile Ile Tyr Arg Asp Thr Pro Val Val Lys Ser Ser 
               
               
                         600                 605                 610 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AGC AGG GAA CTC TGC TAC ATT ATC. CTT GCT GGC ATC TGC CTG GGC TAC 
                 2346 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Arg Glu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Gly Ile Cys Leu Gly Tyr 
               
               
                     615                 620                 625 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TTA TGT ACC TTC TGC CTC ATT GCG AAG CCC AAA CAG ATT TAC TGC TAC 
                 2394 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Cys Thr Phe Cys Leu Ile Ala Lys Pro Lys Gln Ile Tyr Cys Tyr 
               
               
                 630                 635                 640                 645 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTT CAG AGA ATT GGC ATT GGT CTC TCC CCA GCC ATG AGC TAC TCA GCC 
                 2442 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Gln Arg Ile Gly Ile Gly Leu Ser Pro Ala Met Ser Tyr Ser Ala 
               
               
                                 650                 655                 660 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTT GTA ACA AAG ACC AAC CGT#ATT GCA AGG ATC CTG GCT GGC AGC AAG 
                 2490 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Val Thr Lys Thr Asn Arg Ile Ala Arg Ile Leu Ala Gly Ser Lys 
               
               
                             665                 670                 675 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG AAG ATC TGT ACC AAA AAG CCC AGA TTC ATG AGT GCC TGT GCC CAG 
                 2538 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Lys Ile Cys Thr Lys Lys Pro Arg Phe Met Ser Ala Cys Ala Gln 
               
               
                         680                 685                 690 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CTA GTG ATT GCT TTC ATT CTC ATA TGC ATC CAG TTG GGC ATC ATC GTT 
                 2586 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Val Ile Ala Phe Ile Leu Ile Cys Ile Gln Leu Gly Ile Ile Val 
               
               
                     695                 700                 705 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCC CTC TTT ATA ATG GAG CCT CCT GAC ATA ATG CAT GAC TAC CCA AGC 
                 2634 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Leu Phe Ile Met Glu Pro Pro Asp Ile Met His Asp Tyr Pro Ser 
               
               
                 710                 715                 720                 725 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATT CGA GAA GTC TAC CTG ATC TGT AAC ACC ACC AAC CTA GGA GTT GTC 
                 2682 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Arg Glu Val Tyr Leu Ile Cys Asn Thr Thr Asn Leu Gly Val Val 
               
               
                                 730                 735                 740 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACT CCA CTT GGA TAC AAT GGA TTG TTG ATT TTG AGC TGC ACC TTC TAT 
                 2730 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Pro Leu Gly Tyr Asn Gly Leu Leu Ile Leu Ser Cys Thr Phe Tyr 
               
               
                             745                 750                 755 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCG TTC AAG ACC AGA AAT GTT CCA GCT AAC TTC AAC GAG GCC AAG TAT 
                 2778 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Phe Lys Thr Arg Asn Val Pro Ala Asn Phe Asn Glu Ala Lys Tyr 
               
               
                         760                 765                 770 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATC GCC TTC ACA ATG TAC ACG ACC TGC ATT ATA TGG CTA GCT TTT GTG 
                 2826 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Ala Phe Thr Met Tyr Thr Thr Cys Ile Ile Trp Leu Ala Phe Val 
               
               
                     775                 780                 785 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CCA ATC TAC TTT GGC AGC AAC TAC AAA ATC ATC ACC ATG TGT TTC TCG 
                 2874 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Ile Tyr Phe Gly Ser Asn Tyr Lys Ile Ile Thr Met Cys Phe Ser 
               
               
                 790                 795                 800                 805 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GTC AGC CTC AGT GCC ACA GTG GCC CTA GGC TGC ATG TTT GTG CCG AAG 
                 2922 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ser Leu Ser Ala Thr Val Ala Leu Gly Cys Met Phe Val Pro Lys 
               
               
                                 810                 815                 820 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GTG TAC ATC ATC CTG GCC AAA CCA GAG AGA AAC GTG CGC AGC GCC TTC 
                 2970 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Lys Pro Glu Arg Asn Val Arg Ser Ala Phe 
               
               
                             825                 830                 835 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACC ACA TCT ACC GTG GTG CGC ATG CAT GTA GGG GAT GGC AAG TCA TCC 
                 3018 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Thr Ser Thr Val Val Arg Met His Val Gly Asp Gly Lys Ser Ser 
               
               
                         840                 845                 850 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCC GCA GCC AGC AGA TCC AGC AGC CTA GTC AAC CTG TGG AAG AGA AGG 
                 3066 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ala Ala Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Leu Val Asn Leu Trp Lys Arg Arg 
               
               
                     855                 860                 865 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC TCC TCT GCG GAA ACC TTA AGG TAC AAA GAC AGG AGA CTG GCC CAG 
                 3114 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Ser Gly Glu Thr Leu Arg Tyr Lys Asp Arg Arg Leu Ala Gln 
               
               
                 870                 875                 880                 885 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CAC AAG TCG GAA ATA GAG TGT TTC ACC CCC AAA GGG AGT ATG GGG AAT 
                 3162 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 His Lys Ser Glu Ile Glu Cys Phe Thr Pro Lys Gly Ser Met Gly Asn 
               
               
                                 890                 895                 900 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGT GGG AGA GCA ACA ATG AGC AGT TCC AAT GGA AAA TCC GTC ACG TGG 
                 3210 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Gly Arg Ala Thr Met Ser Ser Ser Asn Gly Lys Ser Val Thr Trp 
               
               
                             905                 910                 915 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCC CAG AAT GAG AAGAGC AGCCGG GGG CAG CAC CTG TGG CAG CGC CTG 
                 3258 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Gln Asn Glu Lys Ser Ser Arg Gly Gln His Leu Trp Gln Arg Leu 
               
               
                         920                 925                 930 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TCC ATC CAC ATC AAC AAG AAA GAA AAC CCC AAC CAA ACG GCC GTC ATC 
                 3306 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ile His Ile Asn Lys Lys Glu Asn Pro Asn Gln Thr Aia Val Ile 
               
               
                     935                 940                 945 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG CCC TTC CCC AAG AGC ACG GAG AGC CGT GGC CTG GGC GCT GGC GCT 
                 3354 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Pro Phe Pro Lys Ser Thr Glu Ser Arg Gly Leu Gly Ala Gly Ala 
               
               
                 950                 955                 960                 965 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC GCA GGC GGG AGC GCT GGG GGC GTG GGG GCC ACG GGC GGT GCG GGC 
                 3402 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ala Gly Gly Val Gly Ala Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly 
               
               
                                 970                 975                 980 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGC GCA GGC GCC GGC CCA GGC GGG CCC GAG TCC CCA GAC GCC GGC CCC 
                 3450 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Ala Gly Ala Gly Pro Gly Gly Pro Glu Ser Pro Asp Ala Gly Pro 
               
               
                             985                 990                 995 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AAG GCG CTG TAT GAT GTC GCC GAG GCT GAG GAG CAC TTC CCG GCG CCC 
                 3498 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Aia Leu Tyr Asp Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Glu His Phe Pro Ala Pro 
               
               
                         1000                1005                1010 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCG CGG CCG CGC TCA CCG TCG CCC ATC AGC ACG CTG AGC CAC CGC GCG 
                 3546 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Arg Pro Arg Ser Pro Ser Pro Ile Ser Thr Leu Ser His Arg Ala 
               
               
                     1015                1020                1025 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC TCG GCC AGC CGC ACG GAC GAC GAT GTG CCG TCG CTG CAC TCG GAG 
                 3594 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Ala Ser Arg Thr Asp Asp Asp Val Pro Ser Leu His Ser Glu 
               
               
                 1030                1035                1040                1045 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CCT GTG GCG CGC AGC AGC TCC TCG CAG GGC TCC CTC ATG GAG CAG ATC 
                 3642 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Val Ala Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Gln Gly Ser Leu Met Glu Gln Ile 
               
               
                                 1050                1055                1060 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 AGC AGT GTG GTC ACC CGC TTC ACG GCC AAC ATC AGC GAG CTC AAC TCC 
                 3690 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Val Val Thr Arg Phe Thr Ala Asn Ile Ser Glu Leu Asn Ser 
               
               
                             1065                1070                1075 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ATG ATG CTG TCC ACC GCG GCC CCC#AGC CCC GGC GTC GGC GCC CCG CTC 
                 3738 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Met Leu Ser Thr Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Gly Val Gly Ala Pro Leu 
               
               
                         1080                1085                1090 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGC TCG TCC TAC CTG ATC CCC AAA GAG ATC CAG TTG CCC ACG ACC ATG 
                 3786 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ile Pro Lys Glu Ile Gln Leu Pro Thr Thr Met 
               
               
                     1095                1100                1105 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACG ACC TTT GCC GAA ATC CAG CCT CTG CCG GCC ATC GAA GTC ACG GGC 
                 3834 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Thr Phe Ala Glu Ile Gln Pro Leu Pro Ala Ile Glu Val Thr Gly 
               
               
                 1110                1115                1120                1125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GGC GCG CAG CCC GCG GCA GGG GCG CAG GCG GCT GGG GAC GCG GCC CGG 
                 3882 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ala Gln Pro Ala Ala Gly Ala Gln Ala Ala Gly Asp Ala Ala Arg 
               
               
                                 113O                1135                114O 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAG AGC CCC GCG GCC GGT CCC GAG GCT GCG GCC GCC AAG CCA GAC CTG 
                 3930 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Ala Ala Lys Pro Asp Leu 
               
               
                             1145                1150                1155 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAG GAG CTG GTG GCT CTC ACC CCG CCG TCC CCC TTC AGA GAC TCG GTG 
                 3978 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Glu Leu Val Ala Leu Thr Pro Pro Ser Pro Phe Arg Asp Ser Val 
               
               
                         116O                1165                117O 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GAC TCG GGG AGC ACA ACC CCC AAC TCG CCA GTG TCC GAG TCG GCC CTC 
                 4026 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Ser Gly Ser Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Pro Val Ser Glu Ser Ala Leu 
               
               
                     1175                118O                1185 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TGT ATC CCG TCG TCT CCC AAA TAT GAC ACT CTT ATC ATA AGA GAT TAC 
                 4074 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser Pro Lys Tyr Asp Thr Leu Ile Ile Arg Asp Tyr 
               
               
                 1190                1195                1200                1205 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ACT CAG AGC TCC TCG CCG CTG TGAATGTCCC TGGAAAGCAC GCCGGCCTGC 
                 4125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Gln Ser Ser Ser Pro Leu 
               
               
                                 1210 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 GCGTGCGGAG CGGAGCCCCC CGTGTTCACA CACACACAAT GGCAAGCATA GCCGCCTGGT 
                 4185 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TACGGCCCAG GGGGAAGGTG CCAAGGGCAC CCCTTTATGG AAACACGAGA TCAGTAGCGC 
                 4245 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 TATCTCATGA CAACCCACGA AGAAACCGAC GACAAATCTC GCGGCAGATT TTCTTCTA 
                 4303 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
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     hereinafter designated as SEQ ID NO:4. 
     This invention also provides recombinant nucleic acid vectors comprising nucleic acids encoding SEQ ID NO:2. This invention also encompasses recombinant DNA vectors which comprise the isolated DNA sequence which is SEQ ID NO:1. 
     The present invention also provides assays for determining the efficacy and adverse reaction profile of agents useful in the treatment or prevention of disorders associated with an excess or deficiency in the amount of glutamate present. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES 
     FIG. 1 is a restriction and function map of the plasmid pRS160. The arc having the wider line indicates that portion of the plasmid which corresponds to SEQ ID NO:1, infra. The arrow delineates that region of the insert which encodes the protein of SEQ ID NO:2 with the direction of the arrow indicating the natural order of transcription from the 5′ end to the 3′ end. The designation “ORI” refers to the plasmid origin of replication. The designation “AMP r ” refers to the gene encoding ampicillin resistance. 
     FIG. 2 is a restriction and function map of the plasmid pRS161. The arc having the wider line indicates that protion of the plasmid which corresponds to SEQ ID NO:2, infra. The arrow delineates that region of the insert which encodes the protein of SEQ ID NO:4 with the direction of the arrow indicating the natural order of transcription from the 5′ end to the 3′ end. The designation “ORI” refers to the plasmid origin of replication. The designation “AMP r ” refers to the gene encoding ampicillin resistance. 
     FIG. 3 is a restriction and function map of the plasmid pRS168. The arc having the wider line indicates that portion of the plasmid which corresponds to SEQ ID NO:1, infra. The arrow delineates that region of the insert which encodes the protein of SEQ ID NO:2 with the direction of the arrow indicating the natural order of transcription from the 5′ end to the 3′ end. The region between the 3′ end of the mGluR5A gene and the ori region is the poly-adenylation region derived from simian virus 40 (SV40). The region between the distal end of the ampicillin resistance gene and the hygromycin resistance gene is a promoter enhancer region derived from the SV40 early promoter. The region culminating in the arrowhead consititutes a promoter region derived from the enhancer region of the BK virus, and a promoter derived from an adenovirus middle late promoter. The designation “AMP” refers to the gene encoding ampicillin resistance. The designation “Hyg” refers to the gene encoding hygromycin resistance. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     The terms and abbreviations used in this document have their normal meanings unless otherwise designated. For example “° C.” refers to degrees Celsius; “N” refers to normal or normality; “mmole” refers to millimole or millimoles; “g” refers to gram or grams; “ml” means milliliter or milliliters; “M” refers to molar or molarity; “μg” refers to microgram or micrograms; and “μl” refers to microliter or microliters. 
     All nucleic acid sequences, unless otherwise designated, are written in the direction from the 5′ end to the 3′ end, frequently referred to as “5′ to 3′”. 
     All amino acid or protein sequences, unless otherwise designated, are written commencing with the amino terminus (“N-terminus”) and concluding with the carboxy terminus (“C-terminus”). 
     “Base pair” or “bp” as used herein refers to DNA or RNA. The abbreviations A,C,G, and T correspond to the 5′-monophosphate forms of the deoxyribonucleosides (deoxy)adenine, (deoxy)cytidine, (deoxy)guanine, and (deoxy)thymine, respectively, when they occur in DNA molecules. The abbreviations U,C,G, and T correspond to the 5′-monophosphate forms of the ribonucleosides uracil, cytidine, guanine, and thymine, respectively when they occur in RNA molecules. In double stranded DNA, base pair may refer to a partnership of A with T or C with G. In a DNA/RNA, heteroduplex base pair may refer to a partnership of A with U or C with G. (See the definition of “complementary”, infra.) 
     The terms “digestion” or “restriction” of DNA refers to the catalytic cleavage of the DNA with a restriction enzyme that acts only at certain sequences in the DNA (“sequence-specific endonucleases”). The various restriction enzymes used herein are commercially available and their reaction conditions, cofactors, and other requirements were used as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Appropriate buffers and substrate amounts for particular restriction enzymes are specified by the manufacturer or can be readily found in the literature. 
     “Ligation” refers to the process of forming phosphodiester bonds between two double stranded nucleic acid fragments (T. Maniatis, et al., supra., p. 146). Unless otherwise provided, ligation may be accomplished using known buffers and conditions with a DNA ligase, such as T4 DNA ligase. 
     The term “plasmid” refers to an extrachromosomal (usually) self-replicating genetic element. Plasmids are generally designated by a lower case “p” preceded and/or followed by letters and/or numbers. The starting plasmids herein are either commercially available, publicly available on an unrestricted basis, or can be constructed from available plasmids in accordance with published procedures. In addition, equivalent plasmids to those described are known in the art and will be apparent to the ordinarily skilled artisan. 
     The term “reading frame” means the nucleotide sequence from which translation occurs “read” in triplets by the translational apparatus of transfer RNA (tRNA) and ribosomes and associated factors, each triplet corresponding to a particular amino acid. A base pair insertion or deletion (termed a frameshift mutation) may result in two different proteins being coded for by the same DNA segment. To insure against this, the triplet codons corresponding to the desired polypeptide must be aligned in multiples of three from the initiation codon, i.e. the correct “reading frame” being maintained. 
     “Recombinant DNA cloning vector” as used herein refers to any autonomously replicating agent, including, but not limited to, plasmids and phages, comprising a DNA molecule to which one or more additional DNA segments can or have been added. 
     The term “recombinant DNA expression vector” as used herein refers to any recombinant DNA cloning vector in which a promoter has been incorporated. 
     The term “expression vector system” as used herein refers to a recombinant DNA expression vector in combination with one or more trans-acting factors that specifically influence transcription, stability, or replication of the recombinant DNA expression vector. The trans-acting factor may be expressed from a co-transfected plasmid, virus, or other extrachromosomal element, or may be expressed from a gene integrated within the chromosome. 
     “Transcription” as used herein refers to the process whereby information contained in a nucleotide sequence of DNA is transferred to a complementary RNA sequence. 
     The term “transfection” as used herein refers to the taking up of an expression vector by a host cell whether or not any coding sequences are in fact expressed. Numerous methods of transfection are known to the ordinarily skilled artisan, for example, calcium phosphate co-precipitation, and electroporation. Successful transfection is generally recognized when any indication of the operation of this vector occurs within the host cell. 
     The term “transformation” as used herein means the introduction of DNA into an organism so that the DNA is replicable, either as an extrachromosomal element or by chromosomal integration. Methods of transforming bacterial and eukaryotic hosts are well known in the art, many of which methods, such as nuclear injection, protoplast fusion or by calcium treatment using calcium chloride are summarized in J. Sambrook, et al., “Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual” (1989). 
     The term “translation” as used herein refers to the process whereby the genetic information of messenger RNA is used to specify and direct the synthesis of a polypeptide chain. 
     The term “vector” as used herein refers to a nucleic acid compound used for the transformation of cells in gene manipulation bearing polynucleotide sequences corresponding to appropriate protein molecules which when combined with appropriate control sequences confer specific properties on the host cell to be transformed. Plasmids, viruses, and bacteriophage are suitable vectors. Artificial vectors are constructed by cutting and joining DNA molecules from different sources using restriction enzymes and ligases. 
     The term “vector” as used herein includes Recombinant DNA cloning vectors and Recombinant DNA expression vectors. 
     The terms “complementary” or “complementarity” as used herein refers to pair of bases, purines and pyrimidines, that associate through hydrogen bonding in double stranded nucleic acid. The following base pairs are complementary: guanine and cytosine; adenine and thymine; and adenine and uracil. 
     The term “hybridization” as used herein refers to a process in which a strand of nucleic acid joins with a complementary strand through base pairing. The conditions employed in the hybridization of two non-identical, but very similar, complementary nucleic acids varies with the degree of complementarity of the two strands and the length of the strands. Such techniques and conditions are well known to practitioners in this field. 
     “Isolated amino acid sequence” refers to any amino acid sequence, however constructed or synthesized, which is locationally distinct from the naturally occurring sequence. 
     “Isolated DNA compound” refers to any DNA sequence, however constructed or synthesized, which is locationally distinct from its natural location in genomic DNA. 
     “Isolated nucleic acid compound” refers to any RNA or DNA sequence, however constructed or synthesized, which is locationally distinct from its natural location. 
     A “primer” is a nucleic acid fragment which functions as an initiating substrate for enzymatic or synthetic elongation. 
     The term “promoter” refers to a DNA sequence which directs transcription of DNA to RNA. 
     A “probe” as used herein is a nucleic acid compound or a fragment thereof which hybridizes with a nucleic acid compound which encodes either the entire sequence SEQ ID NO:2, a sequence complementary to SEQ ID NO:2, or a part thereof. 
     The term “stringency” refers to a set of hybridization conditions which may be varied in order to vary the degree of nucleic acid affinity for other nucleic acid. (See the definition of “hybridization”, supra.) 
     The term “PCR” as used herein refers to the widely-known polymerase chain reaction employing a thermally-stable polymerase. 
     This invention provides the protein of SEQ ID NO:2, a human metabotropic glutamate receptor, designated as a mGluR5 receptor using the nomenclature system described in D. D. Schoepp, “Glutamate receptors”,  Handbook of Receptors and Channels , Chapter 13 (S. J. Peroutka, ed., CRC Press, 1984). This receptor is believed to be found in a large number of tissues throughout the body, including many regions of the brain such as the telencephalic regions, including the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, subiculum, internal granular layer of the olfactory bulb, anterior olfactory nucleus, pyramidal cell layer of the olfactory tubercle, striatum, accumbens nucleus, and lateral septal nucleus. High expression of this mRNA may also be found in the anterior thalanLic nuclei, shell regions of the inferior colliculus, and caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus. This receptor is believed to potentiate central nervous system responses and is, therefore, an important target for pharmaceutical purposes. 
     Skilled artisans will recognize that the proteins of the present invention can be synthesized by a number of different methods. All of the amino acid compounds of the invention can be made by chemical methods well known in the art, including solid phase peptide synthesis, or recombinant methods. Both methods are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,617,149, herein incorporated by reference. 
     The principles of solid phase chemical synthesis of polypeptides are well known in the art and may be found in general texts in the area. See. e.g., H. Dugas and C. Penney,  Bioorganic Chemistry  (1981) Springer-Verlag, New York, pgs. 54-92. For examples, peptides may be synthesized by solid-phase methodology utilizing an Applied Biosystems 430A peptide synthesizer (commercially available from Applied Biosystems, Foster City Calif.) and synthesis cycles supplied by Applied Biosystems. Protected amino acids, such as t-butoxycarbonyl-protected amino acids, and other reagents are commercially available from many chemical supply houses. 
     Sequential t-butoxycarbonyl chemistry using double couple protocols are applied to the starting p-methyl benzhydryl amine resins for the production of C-terminal carboxamides. For the production of C-terminal acids , the corresponding pyridine-2-aldoxime methiodide resin is used. Asparagine, glutamine, and arginine are coupled using preformed hydroxy benzotriazole esters. The following side chain protection may be used: 
     Arg, Tosyl 
     Asp, cyclohexyl 
     Glu, cyclohexyl 
     Ser, Benzyl 
     Thr, Benzyl 
     Tyr, 4-bromo carbobenzoxy 
     Removal of the t-butoxycarbonyl moiety (deprotection) may be accomplished with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in methylene chloride. Following completion of the synthesis the peptides may be deprotected and cleaved from the resin with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride containing 10% meta-cresol. Cleavage of the side chain protecting group(s) and of the peptide from the resin is carried out at zero degrees centigrade or below, preferably −20° C. for thirty minutes followed by thirty minutes at 0° C. 
     After removal of the hydrogen fluoride, the peptide/resin is washed with ether, and the peptide extracted with glacial acetic acid and then lyophilized. Purification is accomplished by size-exclusion chromatography on a Sephadex G-10 (Pharmacia) column in 10% acetic acid. 
     The proteins of the present invention may also be produced by recombinant methods. Recombinant methods are preferred if a high yield is desired. A general method for the construction of any desired DNA sequence is provided in J. Brown, et al.,  Methods in Enzymology , 68:109 (1979). See also, J. Sambrook, et al., supra. 
     The basic steps in the recombinant production of desired proteins are: 
     a) construction of a synthetic or semi-synthetic DNA encoding the protein of interest; 
     b) integrating said DNA into an expression vector in a manner suitable for the expression of the protein of interest, either alone or as a fusion protein; 
     c) transforming an appropriate eukaryotic or prokaryotic host cell with said expression vector, 
     d) culturing said transformed or transfected host cell in a manner to express the protein of interest; and 
     e) recovering and purifying the recombinantly produced protein of interest. 
     In general, prokaryotes are used for cloning of DNA sequences in constructing the vectors of this invention. Prokaryotes may also be employed in the production of the protein of interest. For example, the  Escherichia coli  K12 strain 294 (ATCC No. 31446) is particularly useful for the prokaryotic expression of foreign proteins. Other strains of  E. coli  which may be used (and their relevant genotypes) include the following. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Strain 
                 Genotype 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 DH5α 
                 F −  (φ80dlacZΔM15), Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169 
               
               
                   
                   
                 supE44, λ − , hsdR17(r K   − , m K   + ), recA1, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 endA1, gyrA96, thi-1, relA1 
               
               
                   
                 HB101 
                 supE44, hsdS20(r B   −  m B   − ), recA13, ara- 
               
               
                   
                   
                 14, proA2 lacY1, galK2, rpsL20, xyl-5, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 mtl-1, mcrB, mrr 
               
               
                   
                 JM109 
                 recA1, e14 − (mcrA), supE44, endA1, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 hsdR17 (r K   − , m K   + ), gyrA96, relA1, thi- 
               
               
                   
                   
                 1, Δ(lac-proAB), F‘ [traD36, proAB+ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 lacI q , lacZΔM15] 
               
               
                   
                 RR1 
                 supE44, hsdS20 (r B   −  m B   − ), ara-14 proA2, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 lacY1, galK2, rpsL20, xyl-5, mtl-5 
               
               
                   
                 χ1776 
                 F − , ton, A53, dapD8, minA1, supE42 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (glnv42), Δ(gal-uvrB)40, minB2, rfb- 
               
               
                   
                   
                 2, gyrA25, thyA142, oms-2, metC65, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 oms-1, Δ(bioH-asd)29, cycB2, cycA1, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 hsdR2, λ −   
               
               
                   
                 294 
                 endA, thi − , hsr − , hsm k   +  (U.S. Pat. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 No. 4,366,246) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     These strains are all commercially available from suppliers such as: Bethesda Research Laboratories, Gaithersburg, Md. 20877 and Stratagene Cloning Systems, La Jolla, Calif. 92037; or are readily available to the poblic from sources such as the American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md., 10852-1776. 
     Except where otherwise noted, these bacterial strains can be used interchangeably. The genotypes listed are illustrative of many of the desired characteristics for choosing a bacterial host and are not meant to limit the invention in any way. The genotype designations are in accordance with standard nomenclature. See, for example, J. Sambrook, et al., supra. A preferred strain of  E. coli  employed in the cloning and expression of the genes of this invention is RV308, which is available from the ATCC under accession number ATCC 31608, and is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,551,433, issued Nov. 5, 1985. 
     In addition to the strains of  E. coli  discussed supra, bacilli such as  Bacillus subtilis , other enterobacteriaceae such as  Salmonella typhimurium  or  Serratia marcescans , and various Pseudomonas species may be used. In addition to these gram-negative bacteria, other bacteria, especially Strectomyces, spp., may be employed in the prokaryotic cloning and expression of the proteins of this invention. 
     Promoters suitable for use with prokaryotic hosts include the β-lactamase [vector pGX2907 (ATCC 39344) contains the replicon and β-lactamase gene] and lactose promoter systems [Chang et al.,  Nature  (London), 275:615 (1978); and Goeddel et al.,  Nature  (London), 281:544 (1979)], alkaline phosphatase, the tryptophan (trp) promoter system [vector PATH1 (ATCC 37695) is designed to facilitate expression of an open reading frame as a trpE fusion protein under control of the trp promoter] and hybrid promoters such as the tac promoter (isolatable from plasmid pDR540 ATCC-37282). However, other functional bacterial promoters, whose nucleotide sequences are generally known, enable one of skill in the art to ligate them to DNA encoding the proteins of the instant invention using linkers or adapters to supply any required restriction sites. Promoters for use in bacterial systems also will contain a Shine-Dalgarno sequence operably linked to the DNA encoding the desired polypeptides. These examples are illustrative rather than limiting. 
     The proteins of this invention may be synthesized either by direct expression or as a fusion protein comprising the protein of interest as a translational fusion with another protein or peptide which may be removable by enzymatic or chemical cleavage. It is often observed in the production of certain peptides in recombinant systems that expression as a fusion protein prolongs the lifespan, increases the yield of the desired peptide, or provides a convenient means of purifying the protein of interest. A variety of peptidases (e.g. trypsin) which cleave a polypeptide at specific sites or digest the peptides from the amino or carboxy termini (e.g. diaminopeptidase) of the peptide chain are known. Furthermore, particular chemicals (e.g. cyanogen bromide) will cleave a polypeptide chain at specific sites. The skilled artisan will appreciate the modifications necessary to the amino acid sequence (and synthetic or semi-synthetic coding sequence if recombinant means are employed) to incorporate site-specific internal cleavage sites. See e.g., P. Carter, “Site Specific Proteolysis of Fusion Proteins”, Chapter 13 in  Protein Purification: From Molecular Mechanisms to Large Scale Processes , American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. (1990). 
     In addition to cloning and expressing the genes of interest in the prokaryotic systems discussed above, the proteins of the present invention may also be produced in eukaryotic systems. The present invention is not limited to use in a particular eukaryotic host cell. A variety of eukaryotic host cells are available from depositories such as the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and are suitable for use with the vectors of the present invention. The choice of a particular host cell depends to some extent on the particular expression vector used to drive expression of the human glutamate receptor-encoding nucleic acids of the present invention. Exemplary host cells suitable for use in the present invention are listed in Table I 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE I 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Host Cell 
                 Origin 
                 Source 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 HepG-2 
                 Human Liver Hepatoblastoma 
                 ATCC HB 8065 
               
               
                 CV-1 
                 African Green Monkey Kidney 
                 ATCC CCL 70 
               
               
                 LLC-MK 2   
                 Rhesus Monkey Kidney 
                 ATCC CCL 7.1 
               
               
                 3T3 
                 Mouse Embryo Fibroblasts 
                 ATCC CCL 92 
               
               
                 CHO-K1 
                 Chinese Hamster Ovary 
                 ATCC CCL 61 
               
               
                 HeLa 
                 Human Cervix Epitheloid 
                 ATCC CCL 2 
               
               
                 RPMI8226 
                 Human Myeloma 
                 ATCC CCL 155 
               
               
                 H4IIEC3 
                 Rat Hepatoma 
                 ATCC CCL 1600 
               
               
                 C127I 
                 Mouse Fibroblast 
                 ATCC CCL 1616 
               
               
                 HS-Sultan 
                 Human Plasma Cell Plasmocytoma 
                 ATCC CCL 1484 
               
               
                 BHK-21 
                 Baby Hamster Kidney 
                 ATCC CCL 10 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     An especially preferred cell line employed in this invention is the widely available cell line AV12-664 (hereinafter “AV12”). This cell line is available from the American Type Culture Collection under the accession number ATCC CRL 9595. The AV12 cell line was constructed by injecting a Syrian hamster in the scruff of the neck with human adenovirus 12 and isolating cells from the resulting tumor. 
     A wide variety of vectors, some of which are discussed below, exists for the transformation of such mammalian host cells, but the specific vectors described herein are in no way intended to limit the scope of the present invention. 
     The pSV2-type vectors comprise segments of the simian virus 40 (SV40) genome that constitute a defined eukaryotic transcription unit-promoter, intervening sequence, and polyadenylation site. In the absence of the SV40 T antigen, the plasmid pSV2-type vectors transform mammalian and other eukaryotic host cells by integrating into the host cell chromosomal DNA. A large number of plasmid pSV2-type vectors have been constructed, such as plasmid pSV2-gpt, pSV2-neo, pSV2-dhfr, pSV2-hyg, and pSV2-β-globin, in which the SV40 promoter drives transcription of an inserted gene. These vectors are suitable for use with the coding sequences of the present invention and are widely available from sources such as the ATCC or the Northern Regional Research Laboratory (NRRL), 1815 N. University Street, Peoria, Ill., 61604. 
     The plasmid pSV2-dhfr (ATCC 37146) comprises a murine dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) gene under the control of the SV40 early promoter. Under the appropriate conditions, the dhfr gene is known to be amplified, or copied, in the host chromosome. This amplification can result in the amplification of closely-associated DNA sequences and can, therefore, be used to increase production of a protein of interest. See. e.a., J. Schimke,  Cell , 35:705-713 (1984). 
     Plasmids constructed for expression of the proteins of the present invention in mammalian and other eukaryotic host cells can utilize a wide variety of promoters. The present invention is in no way limited to the use of the particular promoters exemplified herein. Promoters such as the SV40 late promoter, promoters from eukaryotic genes, such as, for example, the estrogen-inducible chicken ovalbumin gene, the interferon genes, the gluco-corticoid-inducible tyrosine aminotransferase gene, and the thymidine kinase gene, and the major early and late adenovirus genes can be readily isolated and modified to express the genes of the present invention. Eukaryotic promoters can also be used in tandem to drive expression of a coding sequence of this invention. Furthermore, a large number of retroviruses are known that infect a wide range of eukaryotic host cells. The long terminal repeats in the retroviral DNA frequently encode functional promoters and, therefore, may be used to drive expression of the nucleic acids of the present invention. 
     Plasmid pRSVcat (ATCC 37152) comprises portions of a long terminal repeat of the Rous Sarcoma virus, a virus known to infect chickens and other host cells. This long terminal repeat contains a promoter which is suitable for use in the vectors of this invention. H. Gorman, et al.,  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ( USA ), 79:6777 (1982). The plasmid pMSVi (NRRL B-15929) comprises the long terminal repeats of the Murine Sarcoma virus, a virus known to infect mouse and other host cells. The mouse metallothionein promoter has also been well characterized for use in eukaryotic host cells and is suitable for use in the expression of the nucleic acids of the present invention. The mouse metallothionein promoter is present in the plasmid pdBPV-MMTneo (ATCC 37224) which can serve as the starting material of other plasmids of the present invention. 
     An especially preferred expression vector system employs one of a series of vectors containing the BK enhancer, an enhancer derived from the BK virus, a human papovavirus. The most preferred such vector systems are those which employ not only the BK enhancer but also the adenovirus-2-early region 1A (E1A) gene product. The E1A gene product (actually, the E1A gene produces two products, which are collectively referred to herein as “the E1A gene product”) is an immediate-early gene product of adenovirus, a large DNA virus. 
     A most preferred expression vector employed in the present invention is the phd series of vectors which comprise a BK enhancer in tandem with the adenovirus late promoter to drive expression of useful products in eukaryotic host cells. The construction and method of using the phd plasmid, as well as related plasmids, are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,242,688, issued Sep. 7, 1993, and 4,992,373, issued Feb. 12, 1991, as well as co-pending United States patent application 07/368,700, all of which are herein incorporated by reference.  Escherichia coli  K12 GM48 cells harboring the plasmid phd are available as part of the permanent stock collection of the Northern Regional Research Laboratory under accession number NRRL B-18525. The plasmid may be isolated from this culture using standard techniques. 
     The plasmid phd contains a unique BclI site which may be utilized for the insertion of the gene encoding the protein of interest. The skilled artisan understands that linkers or adapters may be employed in cloning the gene of interest into this BClI site. A depiction of the plasmid phd is provided as FIG. 2 of this document. The phd series of plasmids functions most efficiently when introduced into a host cell which produces the E1A gene product, cell lines such as AV12-664, 293 cells, and others, described supra. 
     Transformation of the mammalian cells can be performed by any of the known processes including, but not limited to, the protoplast fusion method, the calcium phosphate co-precipitation method, electroporation and the like. See. e.g., J. Sambrook, et al., supra, at 3:16.30-3:16.66. 
     Other routes of production are well known to skilled artisans. In addition to the plasmid discussed above, it is well known in the art that some viruses are also appropriate vectors. For example, the adenovirus, the adeno-associated virus, the vaccinia virus, the herpes virus, the baculovirus, and the rous sarcoma virus are useful. Such a method is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,775,624, herein incorporated by reference. Several alternate methods of expression are described in J. Sambrook, et al., supra, at 16.3-17.44. 
     In addition to prokaryotes and mammalian host cells, eukaryotic microbes such as yeast cultures may also be used. The imperfect fungus  Saccharomyces cerevisiae , or common baker&#39;s yeast, is the most commonly used eukaryotic microorganism, although a number of other strains are commonly available. For expression in Saccharomyces sp., the plasmid YRp7 (ATCC-40053), for example, is commonly used. See. e.g., L. Stinchcomb, et al.,  Nature , 282:39 (1979); J. Kingsman et al.,  Gene , 7:141 (1979); S. Tschemper et al.,  Gene,  10:157 (1980). This plasmid already contains the  trp gene  which provides a selectable marker for a mutant strain of yeast lacking the ability to grow in tryptophan. 
     Suitable promoting sequences for use with yeast hosts include the promoters for 3-phosphoglycerate kinase [found on plasmid pAP12BD (ATCC 53231) and described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,935,350, issued Jun. 19, 1990, herein incorporated by reference] or other glycolytic enzymes such as enolase [found on plasmid pAC1 (ATCC 39532)], glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [derived from plasmid pHcGAPCl (ATCC 57090, 57091)], hexokinase, pyruvate decarboxylase, phosphofructokinase, glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, 3-phosphoglycerate mutase, pyruvate kinase, triosephosphate isomerase, phosphoglucose isomerase, and glucokinase, as well as the alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate decarboxylase genes of  Zymomonas mobilis  (U.S. Pat. No. 5,000,000 issued Mar. 19, 1991, herein incorporated by reference). 
     Other yeast promoters, which are inducible promoters, having the additional advantage of their transcription being controllable by varying growth conditions, are the promoter regions for alcohol dehydrogenase 2, isocytochrome C, acid phosphatase, degradative enzymes associated with nitrogen metabolism, metallothionein [contained on plasmid vector pCL28XhoLHBPV (ATCC 39475) and described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,840,896, herein incorporated by reference], glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and enzymes responsible for maltose and galactose [e.g. GAL1 found on plasmid pRY121 (ATCC 37658)] utilization. Suitable vectors and promoters for use in yeast expression are further described in R. Hitzeman et al., European Patent Publication No. 73,657A. Yeast enhancers such as the UAS Gal from  Saccharomyces cerevisiae  (found in conjuction with the CYC1 promoter on plasmid YEpsec—hI1beta ATCC 67024), also are advantageously used with yeast promoters. 
     Skilled artisans also recognize that some alterations of SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:5 will fail to change the function of the amino acid compound. For instance, some hydrophobic amino acids may be exchanged for other hydrophobic amino acids. Those altered amino acid compounds which confer substantially the same function in substantially the same manner as the exemplified amino acid compound are also encompassed within the present invention. Typical such conservative substitutions attempt to preserve the: (a) secondary or tertiary structure of the polypeptide backbone; (b) the charge or hydrophobicity of the residue; or (c) the bulk of the side chain. Some examples of such conservative substitutions of amino acids, resulting in the production of proteins which are functional equivalents of the protein of SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:5 are shown in Table II, infra. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE II 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Original Residue 
                 Exemplary Substitutions 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 Ala 
                 Ser, Gly 
               
               
                   
                 Arg 
                 Lys 
               
               
                   
                 Asn 
                 Gln, His 
               
               
                   
                 Asp 
                 Glu 
               
               
                   
                 Cys 
                 Ser 
               
               
                   
                 Gln 
                 Asn 
               
               
                   
                 Glu 
                 Asp 
               
               
                   
                 Gly 
                 Pro, Ala 
               
               
                   
                 His 
                 Asn, Gln 
               
               
                   
                 lle 
                 Leu, Val 
               
               
                   
                 Leu 
                 Ile, Val 
               
               
                   
                 Lys 
                 Arg, Gln, Glu 
               
               
                   
                 Mel 
                 Leu, Ile 
               
               
                   
                 Phe 
                 Met, Leu, Gyr 
               
               
                   
                 Ser 
                 Thr 
               
               
                   
                 Thr 
                 Ser 
               
               
                   
                 Trp 
                 Tyr 
               
               
                   
                 Tyr 
                 Trp, Phe 
               
               
                   
                 Val 
                 Ile, Leu 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     These substitutions may be introduced into the protein in a variety of ways, such as during the chemical synthesis or by chemical modification of an amino acid side chain after the protein has been prepared. 
     Alterations of the protein having a sequence which corresponds to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:5 may also be induced by alterations of the nucleic acid compounds which encodes these proteins. These mutations of the nucleic acid compound may be generated by either random mutagenesis techniques, such as those techniques employing chemical mutagens, or by site-specific mutagenesis employing oligonucleotides. Those nucleic acid compounds which confer substantially the same function in substantially the same manner as the exemplified nucleic acid compounds are also encompassed within the present invention. 
     Other embodiments of the present invention are nucleic acid compounds which comprise isolated nucleic acid sequences which encode SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:5. As skilled artisans will recognize, the amino acid compounds of the invention can be encoded by a multitude of different nucleic acid sequences because most of the amino acids are encoded by more than one nucleic acid triplet due to the degeneracy of the amino acid code. Because these alternative nucleic acid sequences would encode the same amino acid sequences, the present invention further comprises these alternate nucleic acid sequences. 
     The gene encoding the human glutamate mGluR5 receptor molecule may be produced using synthetic methodology. This synthesis of nucleic acids is well known in the art. See, e.g. E. L. Brown, R. Belagaje, M. J. Ryan, and H. G. Khorana,  Methods in Enzymology , 68:109-151 (1979). The DNA segments corresponding to the receptor gene are generated using conventional DNA synthesizing apparatus such as the Applied Biosystems Model 380A or 380B DNA synthesizers (commercially available from Applied Biosystems, Inc., 850 Lincoln Center Drive, Foster City, Calif. 94404) which employ phosphoramidite chemistry. In the alternative, the more traditional phosphotriester chemistry may be employed to synthesize the nucleic acids of this invention. [See. e.g., M. J. Gait, ed.,  Olgonucleotide Synthesis, A Practical Approach , (1984).] 
     The synthetic human glutamate mGluR5 receptor gene may be designed to possess restriction endonuclease cleavage sites at either end of the transcript to facilitate isolation from and integration into expression and amplification plasmids. The choice of restriction sites are chosen so as to properly orient the coding sequence of the receptor with control sequences to achieve proper in-frame reading and expression of the mGluR5 receptor molecule. A variety of ther such cleavage sites may be incorporated depending on the particular plasmid constructs employed and may be generated by techniques well known in the art. 
     In an alternative methodology, the desired DNA sequences can be generated using the polymerase chain reaction as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,889,818, which is herein incorporated by reference. 
     In addition to the deoxyribonucleic acid of SEQ ID NO:1, this invention also provides ribonucleic acids (RNA) which comprise the RNA sequence 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 GUGAUACAGA 
                 CCAGUGAGAA 
                 GGCAGCUUCU 
                 CCUUUUCACC 
                 UUCUUCUCCA 
                 UUCGCUACAU 
                 60 
               
               
                 GGGAUUUUAU 
                 UGUUCAGAGU 
                 UUCUCAGGAC 
                 AAAGCUAGAG 
                 CUAAUUUGUG 
                 UCUCUAAUCC 
                 120 
               
               
                 UGGGCACUGG 
                 CCAUUUGAAG 
                 CAGCCAAAGG 
                 UGCAUUGACC 
                 AGGACUACGU 
                 GCAGCCCUUC 
                 180 
               
               
                 CUCCAGUGGG 
                 ACAUAAGCAG 
                 GGGUUUUCUG 
                 UGGAAGUCUU 
                 AGUUGCAUGA 
                 CAUUCUACUG 
                 240 
               
               
                 UCAGCUGUGG 
                 AGUGUUCAGG 
                 UUUAGAAGAU 
                 CAUGACCACA 
                 UGGAUCAUCU 
                 AACUAAAUGG 
                 300 
               
               
                 UACAUGGGGA 
                 CAAAAUGGUC 
                 CUUUAGAAAA 
                 UACAUCUGAA 
                 UUGCUGGCUA 
                 AUUUCUUGAU 
                 360 
               
               
                 UUGCGACUCA 
                 ACGUAGGACA 
                 UCGCUUGUUC 
                 GUAGCUAUCA 
                 GAACCCUCCU 
                 GAAUUCUCCC 
                 420 
               
               
                 CACCUUGCUA 
                 UCUUUAUUGG 
                 CUUGAACUCC 
                 UUUCCUAAAA 
                 UGGUCCUUCU 
                 GUUGAUCCUG 
                 480 
               
               
                 UCAGUCUUAC 
                 UUUUGAAAGA 
                 AGAUGUCCGU 
                 GGGAGUGCAC 
                 AGUCCAGUGA 
                 GAGGAGGGUG 
                 540 
               
               
                 GUGGCUCACA 
                 UGCCGGGUGA 
                 CAUCAUUAUU 
                 GGAGCUCUCU 
                 UUUCUGUUCA 
                 UCACCAGCCU 
                 600 
               
               
                 ACUGUGGACA 
                 AAGUUCAUGA 
                 GAGGAAGUGU 
                 GGGGCGGUCC 
                 GUGAACAGUA 
                 UGGCAUUCAG 
                 660 
               
               
                 AGAGUGGAGG 
                 CCAUGCUGCA 
                 UACCCUGGAA 
                 AGGAUCAAUU 
                 CAGACCCCAC 
                 ACUCUUGCCC 
                 720 
               
               
                 AACAUCACAC 
                 UGGGCUGUGA 
                 GAUAAGGGAC 
                 UCCUGCUGGC 
                 AUUCGGCUGU 
                 GGCCCUAGAG 
                 780 
               
               
                 CAGAGCAUUG 
                 AGUUCAUAAG 
                 AGAUUCCCUC 
                 AUUUCUUCAG 
                 AAGAGGAAGA 
                 AGGCUUGGUA 
                 840 
               
               
                 CGCUGUGUGG 
                 AUGGCUCCUC 
                 CUCUUCCUUC 
                 CGCUCCAAGA 
                 AGCCCAUAGU 
                 AGGGGUCAUU 
                 900 
               
               
                 GGGCCUGGCU 
                 CCAGUUCUGU 
                 AGCCAUUCAG 
                 GUCCAGAAUU 
                 UGCUCCAGCU 
                 UUUCAACAUA 
                 960 
               
               
                 CCUCAGAUUG 
                 CUUACUCAGC 
                 AACCAGCAUG 
                 GAUCUGAGUG 
                 ACAAGACUCU 
                 GUUCAAAUAU 
                 1020 
               
               
                 UUCAUGAGGG 
                 UUGUGCCUUC 
                 AGAUGCUCAG 
                 CAGGCAAGGG 
                 CCAUGGUGGA 
                 CAUAGUGAAG 
                 1080 
               
               
                 AGGUACAACU 
                 GGACCUAUGU 
                 AUCAGCCGUG 
                 CACACAGAAG 
                 GCAACUAUGG 
                 AGAAAGUGGG 
                 1140 
               
               
                 AUGGAAGCCU 
                 UCAAAGAUAU 
                 GUCAGCGAAG 
                 GAAGGGAUUU 
                 GCAUCGCCCA 
                 CUCUUACAAA 
                 1200 
               
               
                 AUCUACAGUA 
                 AUGCAGGGGA 
                 GCAGAGCUUU 
                 GAUAAGCUGC 
                 UGAAGAAGCU 
                 CACAAGUCAC 
                 1260 
               
               
                 UUGCCCAAGG 
                 CCCGGGUGGU 
                 GGCCUGCUUC 
                 UGUGAGGGCA 
                 UGACGGUGAG 
                 AGGUCUGCUG 
                 1320 
               
               
                 AUGGCCAUGA 
                 GGCGCCUGGG 
                 UCUAGCGGGA 
                 GAAUUUCUGC 
                 UUCUGGGCAG 
                 UGAUGGCUGG 
                 1380 
               
               
                 GCUGACAGGU 
                 AUGAUGUGAC 
                 AGAUGGAUAU 
                 CAGCGAGAAG 
                 CUGUUGGUGG 
                 CAUCACAAUC 
                 1440 
               
               
                 AAGCUCCAAU 
                 CUCCCGAUGU 
                 CAAGUGGUUU 
                 GAUGAUUAUU 
                 AUCUGAAGCU 
                 CCGGCCAGAA 
                 1500 
               
               
                 ACAAACCACC 
                 GAAACCCUUG 
                 GUUUCAAGAA 
                 UUUUGGCAGC 
                 AUCGUUUUCA 
                 GUGCCGACUG 
                 1560 
               
               
                 GAAGGGUUUC 
                 CACAGGAGAA 
                 CAGCAAAUAC 
                 AACAAGACUU 
                 GCAAUAGUUC 
                 UCUGACUCUG 
                 1620 
               
               
                 AAAACACAUC 
                 AUGUUCAGGA 
                 UUCCAAAAUG 
                 GGAUUUGUGA 
                 UCAACGCCAU 
                 CUAUUCGAUG 
                 1680 
               
               
                 GCCUAUGGGC 
                 UCCACAACAU 
                 GCAGAUGUCC 
                 CUCUGCCCAG 
                 GCUAUGCAGG 
                 ACUCUGUGAU 
                 1740 
               
               
                 GCCAUGAAGC 
                 CAAUUGAUGG 
                 ACGGAAACUU 
                 UUGGAGUCCC 
                 UGAUGAAAAC 
                 CAAUUUUACU 
                 1800 
               
               
                 GGGGUUUCUG 
                 GAGAUACGAU 
                 CCUAUUCGAU 
                 GAGAAUGGAG 
                 ACUCUCCAGG 
                 AAGGUAUGAA 
                 1860 
               
               
                 AUAAUGAAUU 
                 UCAAGGAAAU 
                 GGGAAAAGAU 
                 UACUUUGAUU 
                 AUAUCAACGU 
                 UGGAAGUUGG 
                 1920 
               
               
                 GACAAUGGAG 
                 AAUUAAAAAU 
                 GGAUGAUGAU 
                 GAAGUAUGGU 
                 CCAAGAAAAG 
                 CAACAUCAUC 
                 1980 
               
               
                 AGAUCUGUGU 
                 GCAGUGAACC 
                 AUGUGAGAAA 
                 GGCCAGAUCA 
                 AGGUGAUCCG 
                 AAAGGGAGAA 
                 2040 
               
               
                 GUCAGCUGUU 
                 GUUGGACCUG 
                 UACACCUUGU 
                 AAGGAGAAUG 
                 AGUAUGUCUU 
                 UGAUGAGUAC 
                 2100 
               
               
                 ACAUGCAAGG 
                 CAUGCCAACU 
                 GGGGUCUUGG 
                 CCCACUGAUG 
                 AUCUCACAGG 
                 UUGUGACUUG 
                 2160 
               
               
                 AUCCCAGUAC 
                 AGUAUCUUCG 
                 AUGGGGUGAC 
                 CCUGAACCCA 
                 UUGCAGCUGU 
                 GGUGUUUGCC 
                 2220 
               
               
                 UGCCUUGGCC 
                 UCCUGGCCAC 
                 CCUGUUUGUU 
                 ACUGUAGUCU 
                 UCAUCAUUUA 
                 CCGUGAUACA 
                 2280 
               
               
                 CCAGUAGUCA 
                 AGUCCUCAAG 
                 CAGGGAACUC 
                 UGCUACAUUA 
                 UCCUUGCUGG 
                 CAUCUGCCUG 
                 2340 
               
               
                 GGCUACUUAU 
                 GUACCUUCUG 
                 CCUCAUUGCG 
                 AAGCCCAAAC 
                 AGAUUUACUG 
                 CUACCUUCAG 
                 2400 
               
               
                 AGAAUUGGCA 
                 UUGGUCUCUC 
                 CCCAGCCAUG 
                 AGCUACUCAG 
                 CCCUUGUAAC 
                 AAAGACCAAC 
                 2460 
               
               
                 CGUAUUGCAA 
                 GGAUCCUGGC 
                 UGGCAGCAAG 
                 AAGAAGAUCU 
                 GUACCAAAAA 
                 GCCCAGAUUC 
                 2520 
               
               
                 AUGAGUGCCU 
                 GUGCCCAGCU 
                 AGUGAUUGCU 
                 UUCAUUCUCA 
                 UAUGCAUCCA 
                 GUUGGGCAUC 
                 2580 
               
               
                 AUCGUUGCCC 
                 UCUUUAUAAU 
                 GGAGCCUCCU 
                 GACAUAAUGC 
                 AUGACUACCC 
                 AAGCAUUCGA 
                 2640 
               
               
                 GAAGUCUACC 
                 UGAUCUGUAA 
                 CACCACCAAC 
                 CUAGGAGUUG 
                 UCACUCCACU 
                 UGGAUACAAU 
                 2700 
               
               
                 GGAUUGUUGA 
                 UUUUGAGCUG 
                 CACCUUCUAU 
                 GCGUUCAAGA 
                 CCAGAAAUGU 
                 UCCAGCUAAC 
                 2760 
               
               
                 UUCAACGAGG 
                 CCAAGUAUAU 
                 CGCCUUCACA 
                 AUGUACACGA 
                 CCUGCAUUAU 
                 AUGGCUAGCU 
                 2820 
               
               
                 UUUGUGCCAA 
                 UCUACUUUGG 
                 CAGCAACUAC 
                 AAAAUCAUCA 
                 CCAUGUGUUU 
                 CUCGGUCAGC 
                 2880 
               
               
                 CUCAGUGCCA 
                 CAGUGGCCCU 
                 AGGCUGCAUG 
                 UUUGUGCCGA 
                 AGGUGUACAU 
                 CAUCCUGGCC 
                 2940 
               
               
                 AAACCAGAGA 
                 GAAACGUGCG 
                 CAGCGCCUUC 
                 ACCACAUCUA 
                 CCGUGGUGCG 
                 CAUGCAUGUA 
                 3000 
               
               
                 GGGGAUGGCA 
                 AGUCAUCCUC 
                 CGCAGCCAGC 
                 AGAUCCAGCA 
                 GCCUAGUCAA 
                 CCUGUGGAAG 
                 3060 
               
               
                 AGAAGGGGCU 
                 CCUCUGGGGA 
                 AACCUUAAGU 
                 UCCAAUGGAA 
                 AAUCCGUCAC 
                 GUGGGCCCAG 
                 3120 
               
               
                 AAUGAGAAGA 
                 GCAGCCGGGG 
                 GCAGCACCUG 
                 UGGCAGCGCC 
                 UGUCCAUCCA 
                 CAUCAACAAG 
                 3180 
               
               
                 AAAGAAAACC 
                 CCAACCAAAC 
                 GGCCGUCAUC 
                 AAGCCCUUCC 
                 CCAAGAGCAC 
                 GGAGAGCCGU 
                 3240 
               
               
                 GGCCUGGGCG 
                 CUGGCGCUGG 
                 CGCAGGCGGG 
                 AGCGCUGGGG 
                 GCGUGGGGGC 
                 CACGGGCGGU 
                 3300 
               
               
                 GCGGGCUGCG 
                 CAGGCGCCGG 
                 CCCAGGCGGG 
                 CCCGAGUCCC 
                 CAGACGCCGG 
                 CCCCAAGGCG 
                 3360 
               
               
                 CUGUAUGAUG 
                 UGGCCGAGGC 
                 UGAGGAGCAC 
                 UUCCCGGCGC 
                 CCGCGCGGCC 
                 GCGCUCACCG 
                 3420 
               
               
                 UCGCCCAUCA 
                 GCACGCUGAG 
                 CCACCGCGCG 
                 GGCUCGGCCA 
                 GCCGCACGGA 
                 CGACGAUGUG 
                 3480 
               
               
                 CCGUCGCUGC 
                 ACUCGGAGCC 
                 UGUGGCGCGC 
                 AGCAGCUCCU 
                 CGCAGGGCUC 
                 CCUCAUGGAG 
                 3540 
               
               
                 CAGAUCAGCA 
                 GUGUGGUCAC 
                 CCGCUUCACG 
                 GCCAACAUCA 
                 GCGAGCUCAA 
                 CUCCAUGAUG 
                 3600 
               
               
                 CUGUCCACCG 
                 CGGCCCCCAG 
                 CCCCGGCGUC 
                 GGCGCCCCGC 
                 UCUGCUCGUC 
                 CUACCUGAUC 
                 3660 
               
               
                 CCCAAAGAGA 
                 UCCAGUUGCC 
                 CACGACCAUG 
                 ACGACCUUUG 
                 CCGAAAUCCA 
                 GCCUCUGCCG 
                 3720 
               
               
                 GCCAUCGAAG 
                 UCACGGGCGG 
                 CGCGCAGCCC 
                 GCGGCAGGGG 
                 CGCAGGCGGC 
                 UGGGGACGCG 
                 3780 
               
               
                 GCCCGGGAGA 
                 GCCCCGCGGC 
                 CGGUCCCGAG 
                 GCUGCGGCCG 
                 CCAAGCCAGA 
                 CCUGGAGGAG 
                 3840 
               
               
                 CUGGUGGCUC 
                 UCACCCCGCC 
                 GUCCCCCUUC 
                 AGAGACUCGG 
                 UGGACUCGGG 
                 GAGCACAACC 
                 3900 
               
               
                 CCCAACUCGC 
                 CAGUGUCCGA 
                 GUCGGCCCUC 
                 UGUAUCCCGU 
                 CGUCUCCCAA 
                 AUAUGACACU 
                 3960 
               
               
                 CUUAUCAUAA 
                 GAGAUUACAC 
                 UCAGAGCUCC 
                 UCGCCGCUGU 
                 GAAUGUCCCU 
                 GGAAAGCACG 
                 4020 
               
               
                 CCGGCCUGCG 
                 CGUGCGGAGC 
                 GGAGCCCCCC 
                 GUGUUCACAC 
                 ACACACAAUG 
                 GCAAGCAUAG 
                 4080 
               
               
                 CCGCCUGGUU 
                 ACGGCCCAGG 
                 GGGAAGGUGC 
                 CAAGGGCACC 
                 CCUUUAUGGA 
                 AACACGAGAU 
                 4140 
               
               
                 CAGUAGCGCU 
                 AUCUCAUGAC 
                 AACCCACGAA 
                 GAAACCGACG 
                 ACAAAUCUCG 
                 CGGCAGAUUU 
                 4200 
               
               
                 UCUUCUA 
                 4207 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     hereinafter referred to as SEQ ID NO:3, or the complementary ribonucleic acid, or a fragment of either SEQ ID NO:3 or the complement thereof. The ribonucleic acids of the present invention may be prepared using the polynucleotide synthetic methods discussed supra or they may be prepared enzymatically using RNA polymerases to transcribe a DNA template. 
     In addition to the deoxyribonucleic acid of SEQ ID NO:4, this invention also provides ribonucleic acids (RNA) which comprise the RNA sequence 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 GUGAUACAGA 
                 CCAGUGAGAA 
                 GGCAGCUUCU 
                 CCUUUUCACC 
                 UUCUUCUCCA 
                 UUCGCUACAU 
                 60 
               
               
                 GGGAUUUUAU 
                 UGUUCAGAGU 
                 UUCUCAGGAC 
                 AAAGCUAGAG 
                 CUAAUUUGUG 
                 UCUCUAAUCC 
                 120 
               
               
                 UGGGCACUGG 
                 CCAUUUGAAG 
                 CAGCCAAAGG 
                 UGCAUUGACC 
                 AGGACUACGU 
                 GCAGCCCUUC 
                 180 
               
               
                 CUCCAGUGGG 
                 ACAUAAGCAG 
                 GGGUUUUCUG 
                 UGGAAGUCUU 
                 AGUUGCAUGA 
                 CAUUCUACUG 
                 240 
               
               
                 UCAGCUGUGG 
                 AGUGUUCAGG 
                 UUUAGAAGAU 
                 CAUGACCACA 
                 UGGAUCAUCU 
                 AACUAAAUGG 
                 300 
               
               
                 UACAUGGGGA 
                 CAAAAUGGUC 
                 CUUUAGAAAA 
                 UACAUCUGAA 
                 UUGCUGGCUA 
                 AUUUCUUGAU 
                 360 
               
               
                 UUGCGACUCA 
                 ACGUAGGACA 
                 UCGCUUGUUC 
                 GUAGCUAUCA 
                 GAACCCUCCU 
                 GAAUUCUCCC 
                 420 
               
               
                 CACCUUGCUA 
                 UCUUUAUUGG 
                 CUUGAACUCC 
                 UUUCCUAAAA 
                 UGGUCCUUCU 
                 GUUGAUCCUG 
                 480 
               
               
                 UCAGUCUUAC 
                 UUUUGAAAGA 
                 AGAUGUCCGU 
                 GGGAGUGCAC 
                 AGUCCAGUGA 
                 GAGGAGGGUG 
                 540 
               
               
                 GUGGCUCACA 
                 UGCCGGGUGA 
                 CAUCAUUAUU 
                 GGAGCUCUCU 
                 UUUCUGUUCA 
                 UCACCAGCCU 
                 600 
               
               
                 ACUGUGGACA 
                 AAGUUCAUGA 
                 GAGGAAGUGU 
                 GGGGCGGUCC 
                 GUGAACAGUA 
                 UGGCAUUCAG 
                 660 
               
               
                 AGAGUGGAGG 
                 CCAUGCUGCA 
                 UACCCUGGAA 
                 AGGAUCAAUU 
                 CAGACCCCAC 
                 ACUCUUGCCC 
                 720 
               
               
                 AACAUCACAC 
                 UGGGCUGUGA 
                 GAUAAGGGAC 
                 UCCUGCUGGC 
                 AUUCGGCUGU 
                 GGCCCUAGAG 
                 780 
               
               
                 CAGAGCAUUG 
                 AGUUCAUAAG 
                 AGAUUCCCUC 
                 AUUUCUUCAG 
                 AAGAGGAAGA 
                 AGGCUUGGUA 
                 840 
               
               
                 CGCUGUGUGG 
                 AUGGCUCCUC 
                 CUCUUCCUUC 
                 CGCUCCAAGA 
                 AGCCCAUAGU 
                 AGGGGUCAUU 
                 900 
               
               
                 GGGCCUGGCU 
                 CCAGUUCUGU 
                 AGCCAUUCAG 
                 GUCCAGAAUU 
                 UGCUCCAGCU 
                 UUUCAACAUA 
                 960 
               
               
                 CCUCAGAUUG 
                 CUUACUCAGC 
                 AACCAGCAUG 
                 GAUCUGAGUG 
                 ACAAGACUCU 
                 GUUCAAAUAU 
                 1020 
               
               
                 UUCAUGAGGG 
                 UUGUGCCUUC 
                 AGAUGCUCAG 
                 CAGGCAAGGG 
                 CCAUGGUGGA 
                 CAUAGUGAAG 
                 1080 
               
               
                 AGGUACAACU 
                 GGACCUAUGU 
                 AUCAGCCGUG 
                 CACACAGAAG 
                 GCAACUAUGG 
                 AGAAAGUGGG 
                 1140 
               
               
                 AUGGAAGCCU 
                 UCAAAGAUAU 
                 GUCAGCGAAG 
                 GAAGGGAUUU 
                 GCAUCGCCCA 
                 CUCUUACAAA 
                 1200 
               
               
                 AUCUACAGUA 
                 AUGCAGGGGA 
                 GCAGAGCUUU 
                 GAUAAGCUGC 
                 UGAAGAAGCU 
                 CACAAGUCAC 
                 1260 
               
               
                 UUGCCCAAGG 
                 CCCGGGUGGU 
                 GGCCUGCUUC 
                 UGUGAGGGCA 
                 UGACGGUGAG 
                 AGGUCUGCUG 
                 1320 
               
               
                 AUGGCCAUGA 
                 GGCGCCUGGG 
                 UCUAGCGGGA 
                 GAAUUUCUGC 
                 UUCUGGGCAG 
                 UGAUGGCUGG 
                 1380 
               
               
                 GCUGACAGGU 
                 AUGAUGUGAC 
                 AGAUGGAUAU 
                 CAGCGAGAAG 
                 CUGUUGGUGG 
                 CAUCACAAUC 
                 1440 
               
               
                 AAGCUCCAAU 
                 CUCCCGAUGU 
                 CAAGUGGUUU 
                 GAUGAUUAUU 
                 AUCUGAAGCU 
                 CCGGCCAGAA 
                 1500 
               
               
                 ACAAACCACC 
                 GAAACCCUUG 
                 GUUUCAAGAA 
                 UUUUGGCAGC 
                 AUCGUUUUCA 
                 GUGCCGACUG 
                 1560 
               
               
                 GAAGGGUUUC 
                 CACAGGAGAA 
                 CAGCAAAUAC 
                 AACAAGACUU 
                 GCAAUAGUUC 
                 UCUGACUCUG 
                 1620 
               
               
                 AAAACACAUC 
                 AUGUUCAGGA 
                 UUCCAAAAUG 
                 GGAUUUGUGA 
                 UCAACGCCAU 
                 CUAUUCGAUG 
                 1680 
               
               
                 GCCUAUGGGC 
                 UCCACAACAU 
                 GCAGAUGUCC 
                 CUCUGCCCAG 
                 GCUAUGCAGG 
                 ACUCUGUGAU 
                 1740 
               
               
                 GCCAUGAAGC 
                 CAAUUGAUGG 
                 ACGGAAACUU 
                 UUGGAGUCCC 
                 UGAUGAAAAC 
                 CAAUUUUACU 
                 1800 
               
               
                 GGGGUUUCUG 
                 GAGAUACGAU 
                 CCUAUUCGAU 
                 GAGAAUGGAG 
                 ACUCUCCAGG 
                 AAGGUAUGAA 
                 1860 
               
               
                 AUAAUGAAUU 
                 UCAAGGAAAU 
                 GGGAAAAGAU 
                 UACUUUGAUU 
                 AUAUCAACGU 
                 UGGAAGUUGG 
                 1920 
               
               
                 GACAAUGGAG 
                 AAUUAAAAAU 
                 GGAUGAUGAU 
                 GAAGUAUGGU 
                 CCAAGAAAAG 
                 CAACAUCAUC 
                 1980 
               
               
                 AGAUCUGUGU 
                 GCAGUGAACC 
                 AUGUGAGAAA 
                 GGCCAGAUCA 
                 AGGUGAUCCG 
                 AAAGGGAGAA 
                 2040 
               
               
                 GUCAGCUGUU 
                 GUUGGACCUG 
                 UACACCUUGU 
                 AAGGAGAAUG 
                 AGUAUGUCUU 
                 UGAUGAGUAC 
                 2100 
               
               
                 ACAUGCAAGG 
                 CAUGCCAACU 
                 GGGGUCUUGG 
                 CCCACUGAUG 
                 AUCUCACAGG 
                 UUGUGACUUG 
                 2160 
               
               
                 AUCCCAGUAC 
                 AGUAUCUUCG 
                 AUGGGGUGAC 
                 CCUGAACCCA 
                 UUGCAGCUGU 
                 GGUGUUUGCC 
                 2220 
               
               
                 UGCCUUGGCC 
                 UCCUGGCCAC 
                 CCUGUUUGUU 
                 ACUGUAGUCU 
                 UCAUCAUUUA 
                 CCGUGAUACA 
                 2280 
               
               
                 CCAGUAGUCA 
                 AGUCCUCAAG 
                 CAGGGAACUC 
                 UGCUACAUUA 
                 UCCUUGCUGG 
                 CAUCUGCCUG 
                 2340 
               
               
                 GGCUACUUAU 
                 GUACCUUCUG 
                 CCUCAUUGCG 
                 AAGCCCAAAC 
                 AGAUUUACUG 
                 CUACCUUCAG 
                 2400 
               
               
                 AGAAUUGGCA 
                 UUGGUCUCUC 
                 CCCAGCCAUG 
                 AGCUACUCAG 
                 CCCUUGUAAC 
                 AAAGACCAAC 
                 2460 
               
               
                 CGUAUUGCAA 
                 GGAUCCUGGC 
                 UGGCAGCAAG 
                 AAGAAGAUCU 
                 GUACCAAAAA 
                 GCCCAGAUUC 
                 2520 
               
               
                 AUGAGUGCCU 
                 GUGCCCAGCU 
                 AGUGAUUGCU 
                 UUCAUUCUCA 
                 UAUGCAUCCA 
                 GUUGGGCAUC 
                 2580 
               
               
                 AUCGUUGCCC 
                 UCUUUAUAAU 
                 GGAGCCUCCU 
                 GACAUAAUGC 
                 AUGACUACCC 
                 AAGCAUUCGA 
                 2640 
               
               
                 GAAGUCUACC 
                 UGAUCUGUAA 
                 CACCACCAAC 
                 CUAGGAGUUG 
                 UCACUCCACU 
                 UGGAUACAAU 
                 2700 
               
               
                 GGAUUGUUGA 
                 UUUUGAGCUG 
                 CACCUUCUAU 
                 GCGUUCAAGA 
                 CCAGAAAUGU 
                 UCCAGCUAAC 
                 2760 
               
               
                 UUCAACGAGG 
                 CCAAGUAUAU 
                 CGCCUUCACA 
                 AUGUACACGA 
                 CCUGCAUUAU 
                 AUGGCUAGCU 
                 2820 
               
               
                 UUUGUGCCAA 
                 UCUACUUUGG 
                 CAGCAACUAC 
                 AAAAUCAUCA 
                 CCAUGUGUUU 
                 CUCGGUCAGC 
                 2880 
               
               
                 CUCAGUGCCA 
                 CAGUGGCCCU 
                 AGGCUGCAUG 
                 UUUGUGCCGA 
                 AGGUGUACAU 
                 CAUCCUGGCC 
                 2940 
               
               
                 AAACCAGAGA 
                 GAAACGUGCG 
                 CAGCGCCUUC 
                 ACCACAUCUA 
                 CCGUGGUGCG 
                 CAUGCAUGUA 
                 3000 
               
               
                 GGGGAUCGCA 
                 AGUCAUCCUC 
                 CGCAGCCAGC 
                 AGAUCCAGCA 
                 GCCUAGUCAA 
                 CCUGUGGAAG 
                 3060 
               
               
                 AGAAGGGGCU 
                 CCUCUGGGGA 
                 AACCUUAAGG 
                 UACAAAGACA 
                 GGAGACUGGC 
                 CCAGCACAAG 
                 3120 
               
               
                 UCGGAAAUAG 
                 AGUGUUUCAC 
                 CCCCAAAGGG 
                 AGUAUGGGGA 
                 AUGGUGGGAG 
                 AGCAACAAUG 
                 3180 
               
               
                 AGCAGUUCCA 
                 AUGGAAAAUC 
                 CGUCACGUGG 
                 GCCCAGAAUG 
                 AGAAGAGCAG 
                 CCGGGGGCAG 
                 3240 
               
               
                 CACCUGUGGC 
                 AGCGCCUGUC 
                 CAUCCACAUC 
                 AACAAGAAAG 
                 AAAACCCCAA 
                 CCAAACGGCC 
                 3300 
               
               
                 GUCAUCAAGC 
                 CCUUCCCCAA 
                 GAGCACGGAG 
                 AGCCGUGGCC 
                 UGGGCGCUGG 
                 CGCUGGCGCA 
                 3360 
               
               
                 GGCGGGAGCG 
                 CUGGGGGCGU 
                 GGGGGCCACG 
                 GGCGGUGCGG 
                 GCUGCGCAGG 
                 CGCCGGCCCA 
                 3420 
               
               
                 GGCGGGCCCG 
                 AGUCCCCAGA 
                 CGCCGGCCCC 
                 AAGGCGCUGU 
                 AUGAUGUGGC 
                 CGAGGCUGAG 
                 3480 
               
               
                 GAGCACUUCC 
                 CGGCGCCCGC 
                 GCGGCCGCGC 
                 UCACCGUCGC 
                 CCAUCAGCAC 
                 GCUGAGCCAC 
                 3540 
               
               
                 CGCGCGGGCU 
                 CGGCCAGCCG 
                 CACGGACGAC 
                 GAUGUGCCGU 
                 CGCUGCACUC 
                 GGAGCCUGUG 
                 3600 
               
               
                 GCGCGCAGCA 
                 GCUCCUCGCA 
                 GGGCUCCCUC 
                 AUGGAGCAGA 
                 UCAGCAGUGU 
                 GGUCACCCGC 
                 3660 
               
               
                 UUCACGGCCA 
                 ACAUCAGCGA 
                 GCUCAACUCC 
                 AUGAUGCUGU 
                 CCACCGCGGC 
                 CCCCAGCCCC 
                 3720 
               
               
                 GGCGUCGGCG 
                 CCCCGCUCUG 
                 CUCGUCCUAC 
                 CUGAUCCCCA 
                 AAGAGAUCCA 
                 GUUGCCCACG 
                 3780 
               
               
                 ACCAUGACGA 
                 CCUUUGCCGA 
                 AAUCCAGCCU 
                 CUGCCGGCCA 
                 UCGAAGUCAC 
                 GGGCGGCGCG 
                 3840 
               
               
                 CAGCCCGCGG 
                 CAGGGGCGCA 
                 GGCGGCUGGG 
                 GACGCGGCCC 
                 GGGAGAGCCC 
                 CGCGGCCGGU 
                 3900 
               
               
                 CCCGAGGCUG 
                 CGGCCGCCAA 
                 GCCAGACCUG 
                 GAGGAGCUGG 
                 UGGCUCUCAC 
                 CCCGCCGUCC 
                 3960 
               
               
                 CCCUUCAGAG 
                 ACUCGGUGGA 
                 CUCGGGGAGC 
                 ACAACCCCCA 
                 ACUCGCCAGU 
                 GUCCGAGUCG 
                 4020 
               
               
                 GCCCUCUGUA 
                 UCCCGUCGUC 
                 UCCCAAAUAU 
                 GACACUCUUA 
                 UCAUAAGAGA 
                 UUACACUCAG 
                 4080 
               
               
                 AGCUCCUCGC 
                 CGCUGUGAAU 
                 GUCCCUGGAA 
                 AGCACGCCGG 
                 CCUGCGCGUG 
                 CGGAGCGGAG 
                 4140 
               
               
                 CCCCCCGUGU 
                 UCACACACAC 
                 ACAAUGGCAA 
                 GCAUAGCCGC 
                 CUGGUUACGG 
                 CCCAGGGGGA 
                 4200 
               
               
                 AGGUGCCAAG 
                 GGCACCCCUU 
                 UAUGGAAACA 
                 CGAGAUCAGU 
                 AGCGCUAUCU 
                 CAUGACAACC 
                 4260 
               
               
                 CACGAAGAAA 
                 CCGACGACAA 
                 AUCUCGCGGC 
                 AGAUUUUCUU 
                 CUA 
                 4303 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     hereinafter referred to as SEQ ID NO:6, or the complementary ribonucleic acid, or a fragment of either SEQ ID NO:6 or the complement thereof. The ribonucleic acids of the present invention may be prepared using the polynucleotide synthetic methods discussed supra or they may be prepared enzymatically using RNA polymerases to transcribe a DNA template. 
     The most preferred systems for preparing the ribonucleic acids of the present invention employ the RNA polymerase from the bacteriophage T7 or the bacteriophage SP6. Both of these RNA polymerases are highly specific and require the insertion of bacteriophage-specific sequences at the 5′ end of the message to be read. See, J. Sambrook, et al., supra, at 18.82-18.84. 
     This invention also provides nucleic acids, RNA or DNA, which are complementary to SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, or SEQ ID NO:6. 
     The present invention also provides probes and primers useful for molecular biology techniques. A compound which encodes for SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, a complementary sequence of either SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:3, or a fragment thereof, and which is at least 18 base pairs in length, and which will selectively hybridize to human genomic DNA or messenger RNA encoding a human glutamate receptor, is provided. Preferably, the 18 or more base pair compound is DNA. 
     The present invention also provides probes and primers useful for molecular biology techniques. A compound which encodes for SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, a complementary sequence of either SEQ ID NO:4 or SEQ ID NO:6, or a fragment thereof, and which is at least 18 base pairs in length, and which will selectively hybridize to human genomic DNA or messenger RNA encoding a human glutamate receptor, is provided. Preferably, the 18 or more base pair compound is DNA. 
     The term “selectively hybridize” as used herein may refer to either of two situations. In the first such embodiment of this invention, the nucleic acid compounds described supra hybridize to a human glutamate receptor under more stringent hybridization conditions than these same nucleic acid compounds would hybridize to an analogous glutamate receptor of another species, e.g. murine or primate. In the second such embodiment of this invention, these probes hybridize to-the mGluR5 receptor under more stringent hybridization conditions than other related compounds, including nucleic acid sequences encoding other glutamate receptors. 
     These probes and primers can be prepared enzymatically as described supra. In a most preferred embodiment these probes and primers are synthesized using chemical means as described supra. Probes and primers of defined structure may also be purchased commercially. 
     This invention also encompasses recombinant DNA cloning vectors and expression vectors comprising the nucleic acids of the present invention. Many of the vectors encompassed within this invention are described above. The preferred nucleic acid vectors are those which are DNA. The most preferred recombinant DNA vector comprises the isolated DNA sequence SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:4. Plasmid pRS160, which has been deposited with the NRRL and is available under accession number NRRL B-21175, is an especially preferred DNA vector of the present invention. Plasmid pRS161, which has been deposited with the NRRL and is available under accession number NRRL B-21176, is another especially preferred DNA vector of the present invention. 
     The plasmids pRS160 and pRS 161 were prepared by hybridizing to a human fetal brain cDNA library (commercially available from Stratagene, Inc.) a radiolabeled probe derived from the sequence of a rat mGluR5 receptor as published in T. Abe, et al.,  Journal of Biological Chemistry , 267:13361-13368 (1992). A region of this sequence bearing little homology to the sequences of other glutamate receptors was employed. This probe, about 370 bp in the rat sequence, was labeled with [α- 32 P]-deoxynucleosidetriphosphate using primers and the polymerase chain reaction. This labeled probe was hybridized to the human fetal brain cDNA library under low stringency conditions (30° C., 30% formamide) to isolate a number of clones having homologous sequences. 
     The original human fetal brain cDNA library, with a complexity of 2×10 6  independent clones, was divided into 100 sublibraries by plating and separately harvesting 100 plates of 50,000 plaque forming unites (pfu) each. Aliquots of the 20 pools were evaluated using two other primers with standard PCR conditions followed by agarose gel electrophoresis. Nineteen of the twenty pools were found to be positive for mGluR5 sequences indicating that the gene was fairly abundant in the library. 
     Individual plaques, containing the sequences of interest were obtained using standard plaque hybridization on nylon membrane, using the ˜370 bp probe described, supra. Small (2 ml) liquids lysates were prepared from the 17 clones identified by the hybridization procedure. 
     None of these clones contained a full length gene encoding the protein of interest. The 5′ terminus of the mRNA, containing the initiating ATG codon as well as some 5′ untranslated sequences, was obtained from one of these clones. The 3′ termini of the mRNA was then obtained using the information gathered from the 5′ terminal region. 
     Sequencing of these clones revealed two forms of the mGluR5 receptor, presumably arising from alternative splicing of the messenger RNA. The first such cDNA is depicted in SEQ ID NO:1 and results in a receptor known as the mGluR5A receptor, the protein of SEQ ID NO:2. The second such cDNA (depicted in SEQ ID NO:4) contains ninety-six more basepairs and results in the mGluR5B receptor of SEQ ID NO:5. 
     After cloning the entire coding regions into plasmids, the sequences were further modified by site-directed mutagenesis at the 5′ end upstream of the initiating methionine (ATG) codon (position 460 in SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:4). An EcoRI restriction site was introduced by changing basepair 416 from T 416  to C 416  and a cryptic ATG at basepair 425 was destroyed by changing A 425  to T 425 . 
     The skilled artisan understands that the type of cloning vector or expression vector employed depends upon the availability of appropriate restriction sites, the type of host cell in which the vector is to be transfected or transformed, the purpose of the transfection or transformation (e.g., transient expression in an oocyte system, stable transformation as an extrachromosomal element, or integration into the host chromosome), the presence or absence of readily assayable markers (e.g., antibiotic resistance markers, metabolic markers, or the like), and the number of copies of the gene to be present in the cell. 
     The type of vector employed to carry the nucleic acids of the present invention may be RNA viruses, DNA viruses, lytic bacteriophages, lysogenic bacteriophages, stable bacteriophages, plasmids, viroids, and the like. The most preferred vectors of the present invention are those derived from plasmids. 
     When preparing an expression vector the skilled artisan understands that there are many variables to be considered. One such example is the use of a constitutive promoter, i.e. a promoter which is functional at all times, instead of a regulatable promoter which may be activated or inactivated by the artisan using heat, addition or removal of a nutrient, addition of an antibiotic, and the like. The practitioner also understands that the amount of nucleic acid or protein to be produced dictates, in part, the selection of the expression system. For experiments examining the amount of the protein expressed on the cell membrane or for experiments examining the biological function of an expressed membrane protein, for example, it may be unwise to employ an expression system which produces too much of the protein. The addition or subtraction of certain sequences, such as a signal sequence preceding the coding sequence, may be employed by the practitioner to influence localization of the resulting polypeptide. Such sequences added to or removed from the nucleic acid compounds of the present invention are encompassed within this invention. 
     Plasmids pRS160 and pRS161 may be isolated from the deposited  E. coli  containing these plasmids using standard procedures such as cesium chloride DNA isolation. Cleaving of pRS160 with the restriction enzyme EcorI yields a four kilobasepair fragment comprising SEQ ID NO:2. Similar cleavage of pRS161 releases a 4.1 kilobase pair DNA fragment comprising SEQ ID NO:4. The relative locations of these restriction sites and the direction of translation of the proteins of the instant invention are depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2. 
     Plasmids pRS160 and pRS 161 are readily modified to construct expression vectors that produce mGluR5 receptors in a variety of organisms, including, for example,  E. coli , Sf9 (as host for baculovirus), Spodoptera and Saccharomyces. The current literature contains techniques for constructing AV12 expression vectors and for transforming AV12 host cells. U.S. Pat. No. 4,992,373, herein incorporated by reference, is one of many references describing these techniques. 
     One of the most widely employed techniques for altering a nucleic acid sequence is by way of oligonucleotide-directed site-specific mutagenesis. B. Comack, “Current Protocols in Molecular Biology”, 8.01-8.5.9, (F. Ausubel, et al., eds. 1991). In this technique an oligonucleotide, whose sequence contains the mutation of interest, is synthesized as described supra. This oligonucleotide is then hybridized to a template containing the wild-type sequence. In a most preferred embodiment of this technique, the template is a single-stranded template. Particularly preferred are plasmids which contain regions such as the f1 intergenic region. This region allows the generation of single-stranded templates when a helper phage is added to the culture harboring the “phagemid”. 
     After the annealing of the oligonucleotide to the template, a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase is then used to synthesize the second strand from the oliognucleotide, complementary to the template DNA. The resulting product is a heteroduplex molecule containing a mismatch due to the mutation in the oligonucleotide. After DNA replication by the host cell a mixture of two types of plasmid are present, the wild-type and the newly constructed mutant. This technique permits the introduction of convenient restriction sites such that the coding sequence may be placed immediately adjacent to whichever transcriptional or translational regulatory elements are employed by the practitioner. 
     The construction protocols utilized for  E. coli  can be followed to construct analogous vectors for other organisms, merely by substituting, if necessary, the appropriate regulatory elements using techniques well known to skilled artisans. 
     Host cells which harbor the nucleic acids provided by the present invention are also provided. A preferred host cell is an Xenopus sp. oocyte which has been injected with RNA or DNA compounds of the present invention. Most preferred oocytes of the present invention are those which harbor a sense mRNA of the present invention. Other preferred host cells include AV12 and  E. coli  cells which have been transfected and/or transformed with a vector which comprises a nucleic acid of the present invention. 
     The present invention also provides a method for constructing a recombinant host cell capable of expressing SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:5, said method comprising transforming a host cell with a recombinant DNA vector that comprises an isolated DNA sequence which encodes SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:5. The preferred host cell is AV12. The preferred vector for expression is one which comprises SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:4. Another preferred host cell for this method is  E. coli . An especially preferred expression vector in  E. coli  is one which comprises SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:4. Transformed host cells may be cultured under conditions well known to skilled artisans such that SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:5 is expressed, thereby producing mGluR5 in the recombinant host cell. 
     The ability of glutamate to bind to the mGluR5 receptor is essential in the development of a multitude of indications. In developing agents which act as antagonists or agonists of the mGluR5 receptor, it would be desirable, therefore, to determine those agents which bind the mGluR5 receptor. Generally, such an assay includes a method for determining whether a substance is a functional ligand of the mGluR5 receptor, said method comprising contacting a functional compound of the mGluR5 receptor with said substance, monitoring binding activity by physically detectable means, and identifying those substances which effect a chosen response. Preferably, the physically detectable means is competition with labeled glutamate or binding of ligand in an oocyte transient expression system 
     The instant invention provides such a screening system useful for discovering agents which compete with glutamate for binding to the mGluR5 receptor, said screening system comprising the steps of: 
     a) isolating a human mGluR5 receptor; 
     b) exposing said human mGluR5 receptor to a potential inhibitor or surrogate of the glutamate/mGluR5 receptor complex; 
     c) introducing glutamate; 
     d) removing non-specifically bound molecules; and 
     e) quantifying the concentration of bound potential inhibitor and/or glutamate. 
     This allows one to rapidly screen for inhibitors or surrogates of the formation of the glutamate/mGluR5 receptor complex. Utilization of the screening system described above provides a sensitive and rapid means to determine compounds which interfere with the formation of the glutamate/mGluR5 receptor complex. This screening system may also be adapted to automated procedures such as a Pandex® (Baxter-Dade Diagnostics) system allowing for efficient high-volume screening of potential therapeutic agents. 
     In such a screening protocol a mGluR5 receptor is prepared as elsewhere described herein, preferably using recombinant DNA technology. A sample of a test compound is then introduced to the reaction vessel containing the mGluR5 receptor followed by the addition of glutamate. In the alternative the glutamate may be added simultaneously with the test compound. Unbound molecules are washed free and the eluent inspected for the presence of glutamate or the test compound. 
     For example, in a preferred method of the invention, radioactively or chemically labeled glutamate may be used. The eluent is then scored for the chemical label or radioactivity. The absence or diminution of the chemical label or radioactivity indicates the formation of the glutamate/mGluR5 receptor complex. This indicates that the test compound has not effectively competed with glutamate in the formation of the glutamate/mGluR5 receptor complex. The presence of the chemical label or radioactivity indicates that the test compound has competed with glutamate in the formation of the glutamate/mGluR5 receptor complex. Similarly, a radioactively or chemically labeled test compound may be used in which case the same steps as outlined above would be used except that the interpretation of results would be the converse of using radioactively or chemically labelled glutamate. 
     As would be understood by the skilled artisan these assays may also be performed such that the practitioner measures the radioactivity or fluorescence remaining with the protein, not in the eluent. A preferred such assay employs radiolabeled glutamate. After the competition reaction has been performed the reaction mixture is then passed through a filter, the filter retaining the receptor and whatever is complexed with the receptor. The radioactivity on each filter is then measured in a scintillation counter. In such an assay higher amounts of radiolabel present indicate lower affinity for the receptor by the test compound. 
     The mGluR5 receptor may be free in solution or bound to a solid support. Whether the mGluR5 receptor is bound to a support or is free in solution, it is generally important that the conformation of the protein be conserved. In a preferred practice of the invention, therefore, the mGluR5 receptor is suspended in a hydrophobic environment employing natural or synthetic detergents, membrane suspensions, and the like. Preferred detergent complexes include the zwitterionic detergent 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate (“CHAPS”) as well as sodium deoxycholate. 
     Skilled artisans will recognize that desirable dissociation constant (K i ) values are dependent on the selectivity of the compound tested. For example, a compound with a K i  which is less than 10 nM is generally considered an excellent candidate for drug therapy. However, a compound which has a lower affinity, but is selective for the particular receptor, may be an even better candidate. The present invention, however, provides radiolabeled competition assays, whether results therefrom indicate high affinity or low affinity to mGluR5 receptor, because skilled artisans will recognize that any information regarding binding or selectivity of a particular compound is beneficial in the pharmaceutical development of drugs. 
     In one such competition assay, a battery of known glutamate receptor antagonists, agonists, and partial agonists are evaluated for their relative abilities to inhibit the binding of [ 3 H]glutamate to the human mGluR5 receptor of the present invention. 
     In this assay suspension cells stably expressing the cloned human mGluR5 receptor are harvested by centrifugation at 2200×g for 15 minutes at 4° C. Membranes for the binding assays are prepared by vortexing the cell pellet in 50 mM Tris.HCl, pH 7.4 (0.5×10 9  cells/30 ml). The tissue suspension is then centrifuged at 39,800×g for 10 minutes at 4° C. This procedure is repeated for a total of three washes, with a 10 minute incubation at 37° C. between the second and third washes. The final pellet is homogenized in 67 mM Tris.HCl, pH 7.4, at 12.5×10 6  cells/ml using a Tissumizer® (Tekmar, Cincinati, Ohio) at setting 65 for 15 seconds. 
     Binding assays are performed in triplicate in 0.8 ml total volume. Volumes of 200 μl of membrane suspension (0.07-0.10 mg of protein) and 200 μl of drug dilution in water are added to 400 μl of 67 mM of Tris.HCl, pH 7.4, containing [ 3 H]glutamate (35 nM final concentration, 23.7 Ci/mole), calcium chloride (3 mM), pargyline (10 μM, and L-ascorbic acid (5.7 nM). The reaction mixtures are incubated at 37° C. for 15 minutes and then rapidly filtered, using a Brandel™ cell harvester (Model MB-48R; Brandel, Gaithersburg, Md.) over Whatman GF/B filters that had been presoaked in 0.5% polyethyleneimine and precooled with ice-cold 50 mM Tris.HCl, pH 7.4. The filters are then washed rapidly times with ice-cold (4×1 ml each). 
     The amount of [ 3 H]glutamate trapped on the filters is determined by liquid scintillation counting. For the competition experiments, six concentrations of displacing drugs are used, ranging from 10 −5  to 10 −10  M. The IC 50  values are determined by nonlinear regression analysis (Systat™; Systat Inc., Evanston, Ill.) which may be converted to K i  values using the Cheng-Prusoff equation. Y. Cheng and W. H. Prusoff,  Biochemical Pharmacology , 22:3099-3108 (1973). 
     In this particular type of competition assay the following compounds are frequently used. 
     (a) Quisqualate—a compound of the formula                    
     having the chemical name (S)-α-amino-3,5-dioxo-1,2,4-oxadiazolidine-2-propanoate. This compound can be prepared as described in J. E. Baldwin, et al.,  Chemical Communications , 256 (1985). 
     (b) Glutamate—a compound of the formula                    
     having the chemical name 1-aminopropane-1,3-dicarboxylate. This compound is readily available and can be purchased commercially from several sources. 
     (c) Ibotenate—a compound of the formula                    
     having the chemical name α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-isoxazoleacetate, which can be prepared as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,459,862, herein incorporated by reference. 
     (d) t-ACPD—a compound of the formula                    
     having the chemical name 1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylate. This compound can be purchased commercially from several sources. 
     The previously described screening system identifies compounds which competitively bind to the mGluR5 receptor. Determination of the ability of such compounds to stimulate or inhibit the action of the mGluR5 receptor is essential to further development of such compounds for therapeutic applications. The need for a bioactivity assay system which determines the response of the mGluR5 receptor to a compound is clear. The instant invention provides such a bioactivity assay, said assay comprising the steps of: 
     a) transfecting a mammalian host cell with an expression vector comprising DNA encoding a mGluR5 receptor; 
     b) culturing said host cell under conditions such that the DNA encoding the mGluR5 receptor is expressed, 
     c) exposing said host cell so transfected to a test compound, and 
     d) measuring the change in a physiological condition known to be influenced by the binding of glutamate to the mGluR5 receptor relative to a control in which the transfected host cell is exposed to glutamate. 
     An oocyte transient expression system can be constructed according to the procedure described in S. Lubbert, et al.,  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ( USA ), 84:4332 (1987). 
     In an especially preferred embodiment of this invention an assay which correlates glutamate activity with the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol was performed. The hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol is known to positively correlate with addition of glutamate. This biochemical assay was performed essentially as described by M. Berridge,  Biochemistry Journal , 212:849 (1983). 
     Phosphatidylinositol Assay 
     Phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis in clonal cell lines of AV12/pRS168 cells was measured in response to glutamate agonists as a functional assay for metabotropic glutamate receptor activity according to D. Schoepp,  Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences , 11:508 (1990). 
     Twenty-four-well tissue-culture vessels were seeded with approximately 250,000 cells per well in Dulbecco&#39;s Minimal Essential Media (D-MEM) (in the absence of glutamic acid) which contained 2 mM glutamine and 10% dialyzed fetal calf serum. After 24 hours growth at 37° C. the media was removed and replaced with fresh media containing four microcuries of [ 3 H]myoinositol per well and the cultures were incubated a further 16 to 20 hours. The media was then removed and the cells in each well were washed with serum free medium containing 10 mM lithium chloride, 10 mM myoinositol, and 10 mM HEPES (2×1 ml washes). After the final wash, 0.5 ml of washing solution was added containing the appropriate concentrations fo drugs and vehichles. 
     If the particular assay was testing antagonists, a ten minute incubation was performed prior to agonist induction. Cells were incubated for about one hour at 37° C. in 95%/5% O 2 /CO 2  or as appropriate for time course. The reactions were terminated by removing media and adding 1 ml of coled 1:1 acetone:methanol followed by induction on ice for a minimum of twenty minutes. 
     These extracts were then removed and placed in 1.5 ml centrifuge tubes. Each well was washed with 0.5 ml water and this wash was added to the appropriate extract. After mixing and centrifugation, each aqueous supernatant was processed by chromatography on a QMA SEP-PAK® column, which had previously been wetted and equilibrated by passing 10 ml of water, followed by 8 ml of 1 M triethylammonium hydrogen carbonate (TEAB), followed by 10 ml of water through the column. 
     The assay supernatants contining the water soluble [ 3 H]inositol phosphate were passed over the columns. This was followed by a 10 ml water wash and a 4 ml wash with 0.02 MTEAB to remove [ 3 H]inositol precursors. [ 3 H]Inositol phosphate was eluted with 4 ml of 0.1 M TEAB into scintillation vials and counted in the presence of scintillation cocktail. Total protein in each sample was measured using standard techniques. Assays were measured as the amount of [ 3 H]inositol phosphate release per milligram of protein. 
     In another embodiment this invention provides a method for identifying, in a test sample, DNA homologous to a probe of the present invention, wherein the test nucleic acid is contacted with the probe under hybridizing conditions and identified as being homologous to the probe. Hybridization techniques are well known in the art. See. e.g., J. Sambrook, et al., supra, at Chapter 11. 
     The nucleic acid compounds of the present invention may also be used to hybridize to genomic DNA which has been digested with one or more restriction enzymes and run on an electrophoretic gel. The hybridization of radiolabeled probes onto such restricted DNA, usually fixed to a membrane after electrophoresis, is well known in the art. See, e.g., J. Sambrook, supra. Such procedures may be employed in searching for persons with mutations in these receptors by the well-known techniques of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP), the procedures of which are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,666,828, issued May 19, 1987, the entire contents of which is herein incorporated by reference. 
     The proteins of this invention as well as fragments of these proteins may be used as antigens for the synthesis of antibodies. The term “antibody” as used herein describes antibodies, fragments of antibodies (such as, but not limited, to Fab, Fab′, Fab 2 ′,and Fv fragments), and chimeric, humanized, veneered, resurfaced, or CDR-grafted antibodies capable of binding antigens of a similar nature as the parent antibody molecule from which they are derived. The instant invention also encompasses single chain polypeptide binding molecules. 
     The term “antibody” as used herein is not limited by the manner in which the antibodies are produced, whether such production is in situ or not. The term “antibody” as used in this specification encompasses those antibodies produced by recombinant DNA technology means including, but not limited, to expression in bacteria, yeast, insect cell lines, or mammalian cell lines. 
     The production of antibodies, both monoclonal and polyclonal, in animals, especially mice, is well known in the art. See. e.g., C. Milstein,  Handbook of Experimental Immunology , (Blackwell Scientific Pub., 1986); J. Goding,  Monoclonal Antibodies: Principles and Practice , (Academic Press, 1983). For the production of monoclonal antibodies the basic process begins with injecting a mouse, or other suitable animal, with an immunogen. The mouse is subsequently sacrificed and cells taken from its spleen are fused with myeloma cells, resulting in a hybridoma that reproduces in vitro. The population of hybridomas is screened to isolate individual clones, each of which secretes a single antibody species, specific for the immunogen. The individual antibody species obtained in this way is each the product of a single B cell from the immune animal generated in response to a specific antigenic site, or epitope, recognized on the immunogenic substance. 
     Chimeric antibodies are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567, which issued Mar. 28, 1989 to S. Cabilly, et al. This reference discloses methods and vectors for the preparation of chimeric antibodies. The entire contents of U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567 are herein incorporated by reference. An alternative approach to production of genetically engineered antibodies is provided in U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,397, which also issued Mar. 28, 1989 to M. Boss, et al., the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. The Boss patent teaches the simultaneous co-expression of the heavy and light chains of the antibody in the same host cell. 
     The approach of U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,397 has been further refined as taught in European Patent Publication No. 0 239 400, which published Sep. 30, 1987. The teachings of this European patent publication (Winter) are a preferred format for the genetic engineering of the reactive monoclonal antibodies of this invention. The Winter technology involves the replacement of complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of a human antibody with the CDRs of a murine monoclonal antibody thereby converting the specificity of the human antibody to the specificity of the murine antibody which was the source of the CDR regions. This “CDR grafting” technology affords a molecule containing minimal murine sequence and thus is less immunogenic. 
     Single chain antibody technology is yet another variety of genetically engineered antibody which is now well known in the art. See. e.g. R. E. Bird, et al.,  Science  242:423-426 (1988); PCT Publication No. WO 88/01649, which was published Mar. 10, 1988. The single chain antibody technology involves joining the binding regions of heavy and light chains with a polypeptide sequence to generate a single polypeptide having the binding specificity of the antibody from which it was derived. 
     The aforementioned genetic engineering approaches provide the skilled artisan with numerous means to generate molecules which retain the binding characteristics of the parental antibody while affording a less immunogenic format. 
     These antibodies are used in diagnostics, therapeutics or in diagnostic/therapeutic combinations. By “diagnostics” as used herein is meant testing that is related to either the in vitro or in vivo diagnosis of disease states or biological status in mammals, preferably in humans. By “therapeutics” and “therapeutic/diagnostic combinations” as used herein is respectively meant the treatment or the diagnosis and treatment of disease states or biological status by the in vivo administration to mammals, preferably humans, of the antibodies of the present invention. The antibodies of the present invention are especially preferred in the diagnosis and/or treatment of conditions associated with an excess or deficiency of mGluR5 receptors. 
     In addition to being functional as direct therapeutic and diagnostic aids, the availability of a family of antibodies which are specific for the mGluR5 receptor enables the development of numerous assay systems for detecting agents which bind to this receptor. One such assay system comprises radiolabeling mGluR5 receptor-specific antibodies with a radionuclide such as  125 I and measuring displacement of the radiolabeled mGluR5 receptor-specific antibody from solid phase mGluR5 receptor in the presence of a potential antagonist. 
     Numerous other assay systems are also readily adaptable to detect agents which bind mGluR5 receptor. Examples of these aforementioned assay systems are discussed in  Methods in Enzymology , (J. Langone. and H. Vunakis, eds. 1981), Vol. 73, Part B, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. Skilled artisans are directed to Section II of  Methods in Enzymology , Vol. 73, Part B, supra, which discusses labeling of antibodies and antigens, and Section IV, which discusses immunoassay methods. 
     In addition to the aforementioned antibodies specific for the mGluR5 receptor, this invention also provides antibodies which are specific for the hypervariable regions of the anti-mGluR5 receptor antibodies. Some such anti-idiotypic antibodies would resemble the original epitope, the mGluR5 receptor, and, therefore, would be useful in evaluating the effectiveness of compounds which are potential antagonists, agonists, or partial agonists of the mGluR5 receptor. See, e.g., Cleveland, et al.,  Nature  ( London ), 305:56 (1983); Wasserman, et al.,  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ( USA ), 79:4810 (1982). 
     In another embodiment, this invention encompasses pharmaceutical formulations for parenteral administration which contain, as the active ingredient, the anti-mGluR5 receptor antibodies described, supra. Such formulations are prepared by methods commonly used in pharmaceutical chemistry. 
     Products for parenteral administration are often formulated and distributed in solid, preferably freeze-dried form, for reconstitution immediately before use. Such formulations are useful compositions of the present invention. Their preparation is well understood by pharmaceutical chemists. 
     In general, these formulations comprise the active ingredient in combination with a mixture of inorganic salts, to confer isotonicity, as well as dispersing agents such as lactose, to allow the dried preparation to dissolve quickly upon reconstitution. Such formulations are reconstituted for use with highly purified water to a known concentration. 
     Alternatively, a water soluble form of the antibody can be dissolved in one of the commonly used intravenous fluids and administered by infusion. Such fluids include physiological saline, Ringer&#39;s solution or a 5% dextrose solution. 
     Culture Deposits 
     Under the provisions of the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for Purposes of Patent Procedures, the following cultures have been deposited with the permanent culture collection of the Northern Regional Research Laboratories (NRRL), 1815 N. University Street, Peoria, Ill., 61604: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
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GTGATACAGA CCAGTGAGAA GGCAGCTTCT CCTTTTCACC TTCTTCTCCA TTCGCTACAT     60
GGGATTTTAT TGTTCAGAGT TTCTCAGGAC AAAGCTAGAG CTAATTTGTG TCTCTAATCC    120
TGGGCACTGG CCATTTGAAG CAGCCAAAGG TGCATTGACC AGGACTACGT GCAGCCCTTC    180
CTCCAGTGGG ACATAAGCAG GGGTTTTCTG TGGAAGTCTT AGTTGCATGA CATTCTACTG    240
TCAGCTGTGG AGTGTTCAGG TTTAGAAGAT CATGACCACA TGGATCATCT AACTAAATGG    300
TACATGGGGA CAAAATGGTC CTTTAGAAAA TACATCTGAA TTGCTGGCTA ATTTCTTGAT    360
TTGCGACTCA ACGTAGGACA TCGCTTGTTC GTAGCTATCA GAACCCTCCT GAATTTTCCC    420
CACCATGCTA TCTTTATTGG CTTGAACTCC TTTCCTAAA ATG GTC CTT CTG TTG       474
                                           Met Val Leu Leu Leu
                                             1               5
ATC CTG TCA GTC TTA CTT TTG AAA GAA GAT GTC CGT GGG AGT GCA CAG      522
Ile Leu Ser Val Leu Leu Leu Lys Glu Asp Val Arg Gly Ser Ala Gln
                 10                  15                  20
TCC AGT GAG AGG AGG GTG GTG GCT CAC ATG CCG GGT GAC ATC ATT ATT      570
Ser Ser Glu Arg Arg Val Val Ala His Met Pro Gly Asp Ile Ile Ile
             25                  30                  35
GGA GCT CTC TTT TCT GTT CAT CAC CAG CCT ACT GTG GAC AAA GTT CAT      618
Gly Ala Leu Phe Ser Val His His Gln Pro Thr Val Asp Lys Val His
         40                  45                  50
GAG AGG AAG TGT GGG GCG GTC CGT GAA CAG TAT GGC ATT CAG AGA GTG      666
Glu Arg Lys Cys Gly Ala Val Arg Glu Gln Tyr Gly Ile Gln Arg Val
     55                  60                  65
GAG GCC ATG CTG CAT ACC CTG GAA AGG ATC AAT TCA GAC CCC ACA CTC      714
Glu Ala Met Leu His Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile Asn Ser Asp Pro Thr Leu
 70                  75                  80                  85
TTG CCC AAC ATC ACA CTG GGC TGT GAG ATA AGG GAC TCC TGC TGG CAT      762
Leu Pro Asn Ile Thr Leu Gly Cys Glu Ile Arg Asp Ser Cys Trp His
                 90                  95                 100
TCG GCT GTG GCC CTA GAG CAG AGC ATT GAG TTC ATA AGA GAT TCC CTC      810
Ser Ala Val Ala Leu Glu Gln Ser Ile Glu Phe Ile Arg Asp Ser Leu
            105                 110                 115
ATT TCT TCA GAA GAG GAA GAA GGC TTG GTA CGC TGT GTG GAT GGC TCC      858
Ile Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Glu Gly Leu Val Arg Cys Val Asp Gly Ser
        120                 125                 130
TCC TCT TCC TTC CGC TCC AAG AAG CCC ATA GTA GGG GTC ATT GGG CCT      906
Ser Ser Ser Phe Arg Ser Lys Lys Pro Ile Val Gly Val Ile Gly Pro
    135                 140                 145
GGC TCC AGT TCT GTA GCC ATT CAG GTC CAG AAT TTG CTC CAG CTT TTC      954
Gly Ser Ser Ser Val Ala Ile Gln Val Gln Asn Leu Leu Gln Leu Phe
150                 155                 160                 165
AAC ATA CCT CAG ATT GCT TAC TCA GCA ACC AGC ATG GAT CTG AGT GAC     1002
Asn Ile Pro Gln Ile Ala Tyr Ser Ala Thr Ser Met Asp Leu Ser Asp
                170                 175                 180
AAG ACT CTG TTC AAA TAT TTC ATG AGG GTT GTG CCT TCA GAT GCT CAG     1050
Lys Thr Leu Phe Lys Tyr Phe Met Arg Val Val Pro Ser Asp Ala Gln
            185                 190                 195
CAG GCA AGG GCC ATG GTG GAC ATA GTG AAG AGG TAC AAC TGG ACC TAT     1098
Gln Ala Arg Ala Met Val Asp Ile Val Lys Arg Tyr Asn Trp Thr Tyr
        200                 205                 210
GTA TCA GCC GTG CAC ACA GAA GGC AAC TAT GGA GAA AGT GGG ATG GAA     1146
Val Ser Ala Val His Thr Glu Gly Asn Tyr Gly Glu Ser Gly Met Glu
    215                 220                 225
GCC TTC AAA GAT ATG TCA GCG AAG GAA GGG ATT TGC ATC GCC CAC TCT     1194
Ala Phe Lys Asp Met Ser Ala Lys Glu Gly Ile Cys Ile Ala His Ser
230                 235                 240                 245
TAC AAA ATC TAC AGT AAT GCA GGG GAG CAG AGC TTT GAT AAG CTG CTG     1242
Tyr Lys Ile Tyr Ser Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Ser Phe Asp Lys Leu Leu
                250                 255                 260
AAG AAG CTC ACA AGT CAC TTG CCC AAG GCC CGG GTG GTG GCC TGC TTC     1290
Lys Lys Leu Thr Ser His Leu Pro Lys Ala Arg Val Val Ala Cys Phe
            265                 270                 275
TGT GAG GGC ATG ACG GTG AGA GGT CTG CTG ATG GCC ATG AGG CGC CTG     1338
Cys Glu Gly Met Thr Val Arg Gly Leu Leu Met Ala Met Arg Arg Leu
        280                 285                 290
GGT CTA GCG GGA GAA TTT CTG CTT CTG GGC AGT GAT GGC TGG GCT GAC     1386
Gly Leu Ala Gly Glu Phe Leu Leu Leu Gly Ser Asp Gly Trp Ala Asp
    295                 300                 305
AGG TAT GAT GTG ACA GAT GGA TAT CAG CGA GAA GCT GTT GGT GGC ATC     1434
Arg Tyr Asp Val Thr Asp Gly Tyr Gln Arg Glu Ala Val Gly Gly Ile
310                 315                 320                 325
ACA ATC AAG CTC CAA TCT CCC GAT GTC AAG TGG TTT GAT GAT TAT TAT     1482
Thr Ile Lys Leu Gln Ser Pro Asp Val Lys Trp Phe Asp Asp Tyr Tyr
                330                 335                 340
CTG AAG CTC CGG CCA GAA ACA AAC CAC CGA AAC CCT TGG TTT CAA GAA     1530
Leu Lys Leu Arg Pro Glu Thr Asn His Arg Asn Pro Trp Phe Gln Glu
            345                 350                 355
TTT TGG CAG CAT CGT TTT CAG TGC CGA CTG GAA GGG TTT CCA CAG GAG     1578
Phe Trp Gln His Arg Phe Gln Cys Arg Leu Glu Gly Phe Pro Gln Glu
        360                 365                 370
AAC AGC AAA TAC AAC AAG ACT TGC AAT AGT TCT CTG ACT CTG AAA ACA     1626
Asn Ser Lys Tyr Asn Lys Thr Cys Asn Ser Ser Leu Thr Leu Lys Thr
    375                 380                 385
CAT CAT GTT CAG GAT TCC AAA ATG GGA TTT GTG ATC AAC GCC ATC TAT     1674
His His Val Gln Asp Ser Lys Met Gly Phe Val Ile Asn Ala Ile Tyr
390                 395                 400                 405
TCG ATG GCC TAT GGG CTC CAC AAC ATG CAG ATG TCC CTC TGC CCA GGC     1722
Ser Met Ala Tyr Gly Leu His Asn Met Gln Met Ser Leu Cys Pro Gly
                410                 415                 420
TAT GCA GGA CTC TGT GAT GCC ATG AAG CCA ATT GAT GGA CGG AAA CTT     1770
Tyr Ala Gly Leu Cys Asp Ala Met Lys Pro Ile Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu
            425                 430                 435
TTG GAG TCC CTG ATG AAA ACC AAT TTT ACT GGG GTT TCT GGA GAT ACG     1818
Leu Glu Ser Leu Met Lys Thr Asn Phe Thr Gly Val Ser Gly Asp Thr
        440                 445                 450
ATC CTA TTC GAT GAG AAT GGA GAC TCT CCA GGA AGG TAT GAA ATA ATG     1866
Ile Leu Phe Asp Glu Asn Gly Asp Ser Pro Gly Arg Tyr Glu Ile Met
    455                 460                 465
AAT TTC AAG GAA ATG GGA AAA GAT TAC TTT GAT TAT ATC AAC GTT GGA     1914
Asn Phe Lys Glu Met Gly Lys Asp Tyr Phe Asp Tyr Ile Asn Val Gly
470                 475                 480                 485
AGT TGG GAC AAT GGA GAA TTA AAA ATG GAT GAT GAT GAA GTA TGG TCC     1962
Ser Trp Asp Asn Gly Glu Leu Lys Met Asp Asp Asp Glu Val Trp Ser
                490                 495                 500
AAG AAA AGC AAC ATC ATC AGA TCT GTG TGC AGT GAA CCA TGT GAG AAA     2010
Lys Lys Ser Asn Ile Ile Arg Ser Val Cys Ser Glu Pro Cys Glu Lys
            505                 510                 515
GGC CAG ATC AAG GTG ATC CGA AAG GGA GAA GTC AGC TGT TGT TGG ACC     2058
Gly Gln Ile Lys Val Ile Arg Lys Gly Glu Val Ser Cys Cys Trp Thr
        520                 525                 530
TGT ACA CCT TGT AAG GAG AAT GAG TAT GTC TTT GAT GAG TAC ACA TGC     2106
Cys Thr Pro Cys Lys Glu Asn Glu Tyr Val Phe Asp Glu Tyr Thr Cys
    535                 540                 545
AAG GCA TGC CAA CTG GGG TCT TGG CCC ACT GAT GAT CTC ACA GGT TGT     2154
Lys Ala Cys Gln Leu Gly Ser Trp Pro Thr Asp Asp Leu Thr Gly Cys
550                 555                 560                 565
GAC TTG ATC CCA GTA CAG TAT CTT CGA TGG GGT GAC CCT GAA CCC ATT     2202
Asp Leu Ile Pro Val Gln Tyr Leu Arg Trp Gly Asp Pro Glu Pro Ile
                570                 575                 580
GCA GCT GTG GTG TTT GCC TGC CTT GGC CTC CTG GCC ACC CTG TTT GTT     2250
Ala Ala Val Val Phe Ala Cys Leu Gly Leu Leu Ala Thr Leu Phe Val
            585                 590                 595
ACT GTA GTC TTC ATC ATT TAC CGT GAT ACA CCA GTA GTC AAG TCC TCA     2298
Thr Val Val Phe Ile Ile Tyr Arg Asp Thr Pro Val Val Lys Ser Ser
        600                 605                 610
AGC AGG GAA CTC TGC TAC ATT ATC CTT GCT GGC ATC TGC CTG GGC TAC     2346
Ser Arg Glu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Gly Ile Cys Leu Gly Tyr
    615                 620                 625
TTA TGT ACC TTC TGC CTC ATT GCG AAG CCC AAA CAG ATT TAC TGC TAC     2394
Leu Cys Thr Phe Cys Leu Ile Ala Lys Pro Lys Gln Ile Tyr Cys Tyr
630                 635                 640                 645
CTT CAG AGA ATT GGC ATT GGT CTC TCC CCA GCC ATG AGC TAC TCA GCC     2442
Leu Gln Arg Ile Gly Ile Gly Leu Ser Pro Ala Met Ser Tyr Ser Ala
                650                 655                 660
CTT GTA ACA AAG ACC AAC CGT ATT GCA AGG ATC CTG GCT GGC AGC AAG     2490
Leu Val Thr Lys Thr Asn Arg Ile Ala Arg Ile Leu Ala Gly Ser Lys
            665                 670                 675
AAG AAG ATC TGT ACC AAA AAG CCC AGA TTC ATG AGT GCC TGT GCC CAG     2538
Lys Lys Ile Cys Thr Lys Lys Pro Arg Phe Met Ser Ala Cys Ala Gln
        680                 685                 690
CTA GTG ATT GCT TTC ATT CTC ATA TGC ATC CAG TTG GGC ATC ATC GTT     2586
Leu Val Ile Ala Phe Ile Leu Ile Cys Ile Gln Leu Gly Ile Ile Val
    695                 700                 705
GCC CTC TTT ATA ATG GAG CCT CCT GAC ATA ATG CAT GAC TAC CCA AGC     2634
Ala Leu Phe Ile Met Glu Pro Pro Asp Ile Met His Asp Tyr Pro Ser
710                 715                 720                 725
ATT CGA GAA GTC TAC CTG ATC TGT AAC ACC ACC AAC CTA GGA GTT GTC     2682
Ile Arg Glu Val Tyr Leu Ile Cys Asn Thr Thr Asn Leu Gly Val Val
                730                 735                 740
ACT CCA CTT GGA TAC AAT GGA TTG TTG ATT TTG AGC TGC ACC TTC TAT     2730
Thr Pro Leu Gly Tyr Asn Gly Leu Leu Ile Leu Ser Cys Thr Phe Tyr
            745                 750                 755
GCG TTC AAG ACC AGA AAT GTT CCA GCT AAC TTC AAC GAG GCC AAG TAT     2778
Ala Phe Lys Thr Arg Asn Val Pro Ala Asn Phe Asn Glu Ala Lys Tyr
        760                 765                 770
ATC GCC TTC ACA ATG TAC ACG ACC TGC ATT ATA TGG CTA GCT TTT GTG     2826
Ile Ala Phe Thr Met Tyr Thr Thr Cys Ile Ile Trp Leu Ala Phe Val
    775                 780                 785
CCA ATC TAC TTT GGC AGC AAC TAC AAA ATC ATC ACC ATG TGT TTC TCG     2874
Pro Ile Tyr Phe Gly Ser Asn Tyr Lys Ile Ile Thr Met Cys Phe Ser
790                 795                 800                 805
GTC AGC CTC AGT GCC ACA GTG GCC CTA GGC TGC ATG TTT GTG CCG AAG     2922
Val Ser Leu Ser Ala Thr Val Ala Leu Gly Cys Met Phe Val Pro Lys
                810                 815                 820
GTG TAC ATC ATC CTG GCC AAA CCA GAG AGA AAC GTG CGC AGC GCC TTC     2970
Val Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Lys Pro Glu Arg Asn Val Arg Ser Ala Phe
            825                 830                 835
ACC ACA TCT ACC GTG GTG CGC ATG CAT GTA GGG GAT GGC AAG TCA TCC     3018
Thr Thr Ser Thr Val Val Arg Met His Val Gly Asp Gly Lys Ser Ser
        840                 845                 850
TCC GCA GCC AGC AGA TCC AGC AGC CTA GTC AAC CTG TGG AAG AGA AGG     3066
Ser Ala Ala Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Leu Val Asn Leu Trp Lys Arg Arg
    855                 860                 865
GGC TCC TCT GGG GAA ACC TTA AGT TCC AAT GGA AAA TCC GTC ACG TGG     3114
Gly Ser Ser Gly Glu Thr Leu Ser Ser Asn Gly Lys Ser Val Thr Trp
870                 875                 880                 885
GCC CAG AAT GAG AAG AGC AGC CGG GGG CAG CAC CTG TGG CAG CGC CTG     3162
Ala Gln Asn Glu Lys Ser Ser Arg Gly Gln His Leu Trp Gln Arg Leu
                890                 895                 900
TCC ATC CAC ATC AAC AAG AAA GAA AAC CCC AAC CAA ACG GCC GTC ATC     3210
Ser Ile His Ile Asn Lys Lys Glu Asn Pro Asn Gln Thr Ala Val Ile
            905                 910                 915
AAG CCC TTC CCC AAG AGC ACG GAG AGC CGT GGC CTG GGC GCT GGC GCT     3258
Lys Pro Phe Pro Lys Ser Thr Glu Ser Arg Gly Leu Gly Ala Gly Ala
        920                 925                 930
GGC GCA GGC GGG AGC GCT GGG GGC GTG GGG GCC ACG GGC GGT GCG GGC     3306
Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ala Gly Gly Val Gly Ala Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly
    935                 940                 945
TGC GCA GGC GCC GGC CCA GGC GGG CCC GAG TCC CCA GAC GCC GGC CCC     3354
Cys Ala Gly Ala Gly Pro Gly Gly Pro Glu Ser Pro Asp Ala Gly Pro
950                 955                 960                 965
AAG GCG CTG TAT GAT GTG GCC GAG GCT GAG GAG CAC TTC CCG GCG CCC     3402
Lys Ala Leu Tyr Asp Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Glu His Phe Pro Ala Pro
                970                 975                 980
GCG CGG CCG CGC TCA CCG TCG CCC ATC AGC ACG CTG AGC CAC CGC GCG     3450
Ala Arg Pro Arg Ser Pro Ser Pro Ile Ser Thr Leu Ser His Arg Ala
            985                 990                 995
GGC TCG GCC AGC CGC ACG GAC GAC GAT GTG CCG TCG CTG CAC TCG GAG     3498
Gly Ser Ala Ser Arg Thr Asp Asp Asp Val Pro Ser Leu His Ser Glu
        1000                1005                1010
CCT GTG GCG CGC AGC AGC TCC TCG CAG GGC TCC CTC ATG GAG CAG ATC     3546
Pro Val Ala Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Gln Gly Ser Leu Met Glu Gln Ile
    1015                1020                1025
AGC AGT GTG GTC ACC CGC TTC ACG GCC AAC ATC AGC GAG CTC AAC TCC     3594
Ser Ser Val Val Thr Arg Phe Thr Ala Asn Ile Ser Glu Leu Asn Ser
1030                1035                1040                1045
ATG ATG CTG TCC ACC GCG GCC CCC AGC CCC GGC GTC GGC GCC CCG CTC     3642
Met Met Leu Ser Thr Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Gly Val Gly Ala Pro Leu
                1050                1055                1060
TGC TCG TCC TAC CTG ATC CCC AAA GAG ATC CAG TTG CCC ACG ACC ATG     3690
Cys Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ile Pro Lys Glu Ile Gln Leu Pro Thr Thr Met
            1065                1070                1075
ACG ACC TTT GCC GAA ATC CAG CCT CTG CCG GCC ATC GAA GTC ACG GGC     3738
Thr Thr Phe Ala Glu Ile Gln Pro Leu Pro Ala Ile Glu Val Thr Gly
        1080                1085                1090
GGC GCG CAG CCC GCG GCA GGG GCG CAG GCG GCT GGG GAC GCG GCC CGG     3786
Gly Ala Gln Pro Ala Ala Gly Ala Gln Ala Ala Gly Asp Ala Ala Arg
    1095                1100                1105
GAG AGC CCC GCG GCC GGT CCC GAG GCT GCG GCC GCC AAG CCA GAC CTG     3834
Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Ala Ala Lys Pro Asp Leu
1110                1115                1120                1125
GAG GAG CTG GTG GCT CTC ACC CCG CCG TCC CCC TTC AGA GAC TCG GTG     3882
Glu Glu Leu Val Ala Leu Thr Pro Pro Ser Pro Phe Arg Asp Ser Val
                1130                1135                1140
GAC TCG GGG AGC ACA ACC CCC AAC TCG CCA GTG TCC GAG TCG GCC CTC     3930
Asp Ser Gly Ser Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Pro Val Ser Glu Ser Ala Leu
            1145                1150                1155
TGT ATC CCG TCG TCT CCC AAA TAT GAC ACT CTT ATC ATA AGA GAT TAC     3978
Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser Pro Lys Tyr Asp Thr Leu Ile Ile Arg Asp Tyr
        1160                1165                1170
ACT CAG AGC TCC TCG CCG CTG TGAATGTCCC TGGAAAGCAC GCCGGCCTGC        4029
Thr Gln Ser Ser Ser Pro Leu
    1175                1180
GCGTGCGGAG CGGAGCCCCC CGTGTTCACA CACACACAAT GGCAAGCATA GCCGCCTGGT   4089
TACGGCCCAG GGGGAAGGTG CCAAGGGCAC CCCTTTATGG AAACACGAGA TCAGTAGCGC   4149
TATCTCATGA CAACCCACGA AGAAACCGAC GACAAATCTC GCGGCAGATT TTCTTCTA     4207 
           
           
             
               1180 amino acids 
               amino acid 
               linear 
             
             
               protein 
             
             
               unknown 
             
             2
Met Val Leu Leu Leu Ile Leu Ser Val Leu Leu Leu Lys Glu Asp Val
  1               5                  10                  15
Arg Gly Ser Ala Gln Ser Ser Glu Arg Arg Val Val Ala His Met Pro
             20                  25                  30
Gly Asp Ile Ile Ile Gly Ala Leu Phe Ser Val His His Gln Pro Thr
         35                  40                  45
Val Asp Lys Val His Glu Arg Lys Cys Gly Ala Val Arg Glu Gln Tyr
     50                  55                  60
Gly Ile Gln Arg Val Glu Ala Met Leu His Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile Asn
 65                  70                  75                  80
Ser Asp Pro Thr Leu Leu Pro Asn Ile Thr Leu Gly Cys Glu Ile Arg
                 85                  90                  95
Asp Ser Cys Trp His Ser Ala Val Ala Leu Glu Gln Ser Ile Glu Phe
            100                 105                 110
Ile Arg Asp Ser Leu Ile Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Glu Gly Leu Val Arg
        115                 120                 125
Cys Val Asp Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Phe Arg Ser Lys Lys Pro Ile Val
    130                 135                 140
Gly Val Ile Gly Pro Gly Ser Ser Ser Val Ala Ile Gln Val Gln Asn
145                 150                 155                 160
Leu Leu Gln Leu Phe Asn Ile Pro Gln Ile Ala Tyr Ser Ala Thr Ser
                165                 170                 175
Met Asp Leu Ser Asp Lys Thr Leu Phe Lys Tyr Phe Met Arg Val Val
            180                 185                 190
Pro Ser Asp Ala Gln Gln Ala Arg Ala Met Val Asp Ile Val Lys Arg
        195                 200                 205
Tyr Asn Trp Thr Tyr Val Ser Ala Val His Thr Glu Gly Asn Tyr Gly
    210                 215                 220
Glu Ser Gly Met Glu Ala Phe Lys Asp Met Ser Ala Lys Glu Gly Ile
225                 230                 235                 240
Cys Ile Ala His Ser Tyr Lys Ile Tyr Ser Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Ser
                245                 250                 255
Phe Asp Lys Leu Leu Lys Lys Leu Thr Ser His Leu Pro Lys Ala Arg
            260                 265                 270
Val Val Ala Cys Phe Cys Glu Gly Met Thr Val Arg Gly Leu Leu Met
        275                 280                 285
Ala Met Arg Arg Leu Gly Leu Ala Gly Glu Phe Leu Leu Leu Gly Ser
    290                 295                 300
Asp Gly Trp Ala Asp Arg Tyr Asp Val Thr Asp Gly Tyr Gln Arg Glu
305                 310                 315                 320
Ala Val Gly Gly Ile Thr Ile Lys Leu Gln Ser Pro Asp Val Lys Trp
                325                 330                 335
Phe Asp Asp Tyr Tyr Leu Lys Leu Arg Pro Glu Thr Asn His Arg Asn
            340                 345                 350
Pro Trp Phe Gln Glu Phe Trp Gln His Arg Phe Gln Cys Arg Leu Glu
        355                 360                 365
Gly Phe Pro Gln Glu Asn Ser Lys Tyr Asn Lys Thr Cys Asn Ser Ser
    370                 375                 380
Leu Thr Leu Lys Thr His His Val Gln Asp Ser Lys Met Gly Phe Val
385                 390                 395                 400
Ile Asn Ala Ile Tyr Ser Met Ala Tyr Gly Leu His Asn Met Gln Met
                405                 410                 415
Ser Leu Cys Pro Gly Tyr Ala Gly Leu Cys Asp Ala Met Lys Pro Ile
            420                 425                 430
Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu Leu Glu Ser Leu Met Lys Thr Asn Phe Thr Gly
        435                 440                 445
Val Ser Gly Asp Thr Ile Leu Phe Asp Glu Asn Gly Asp Ser Pro Gly
    450                 455                 460
Arg Tyr Glu Ile Met Asn Phe Lys Glu Met Gly Lys Asp Tyr Phe Asp
465                 470                 475                 480
Tyr Ile Asn Val Gly Ser Trp Asp Asn Gly Glu Leu Lys Met Asp Asp
                485                 490                 495
Asp Glu Val Trp Ser Lys Lys Ser Asn Ile Ile Arg Ser Val Cys Ser
            500                 505                 510
Glu Pro Cys Glu Lys Gly Gln Ile Lys Val Ile Arg Lys Gly Glu Val
        515                 520                 525
Ser Cys Cys Trp Thr Cys Thr Pro Cys Lys Glu Asn Glu Tyr Val Phe
    530                 535                 540
Asp Glu Tyr Thr Cys Lys Ala Cys Gln Leu Gly Ser Trp Pro Thr Asp
545                 550                 555                 560
Asp Leu Thr Gly Cys Asp Leu Ile Pro Val Gln Tyr Leu Arg Trp Gly
                565                 570                 575
Asp Pro Glu Pro Ile Ala Ala Val Val Phe Ala Cys Leu Gly Leu Leu
            580                 585                 590
Ala Thr Leu Phe Val Thr Val Val Phe Ile Ile Tyr Arg Asp Thr Pro
        595                 600                 605
Val Val Lys Ser Ser Ser Arg Glu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Gly
    610                 615                 620
Ile Cys Leu Gly Tyr Leu Cys Thr Phe Cys Leu Ile Ala Lys Pro Lys
625                 630                 635                 640
Gln Ile Tyr Cys Tyr Leu Gln Arg Ile Gly Ile Gly Leu Ser Pro Ala
                645                 650                 655
Met Ser Tyr Ser Ala Leu Val Thr Lys Thr Asn Arg Ile Ala Arg Ile
            660                 665                 670
Leu Ala Gly Ser Lys Lys Lys Ile Cys Thr Lys Lys Pro Arg Phe Met
        675                 680                 685
Ser Ala Cys Ala Gln Leu Val Ile Ala Phe Ile Leu Ile Cys Ile Gln
    690                 695                 700
Leu Gly Ile Ile Val Ala Leu Phe Ile Met Glu Pro Pro Asp Ile Met
705                 710                 715                 720
His Asp Tyr Pro Ser Ile Arg Glu Val Tyr Leu Ile Cys Asn Thr Thr
                725                 730                 735
Asn Leu Gly Val Val Thr Pro Leu Gly Tyr Asn Gly Leu Leu Ile Leu
            740                 745                 750
Ser Cys Thr Phe Tyr Ala Phe Lys Thr Arg Asn Val Pro Ala Asn Phe
        755                 760                 765
Asn Glu Ala Lys Tyr Ile Ala Phe Thr Met Tyr Thr Thr Cys Ile Ile
    770                 775                 780
Trp Leu Ala Phe Val Pro Ile Tyr Phe Gly Ser Asn Tyr Lys Ile Ile
785                 790                 795                 800
Thr Met Cys Phe Ser Val Ser Leu Ser Ala Thr Val Ala Leu Gly Cys
                805                 810                 815
Met Phe Val Pro Lys Val Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Lys Pro Glu Arg Asn
            820                 825                 830
Val Arg Ser Ala Phe Thr Thr Ser Thr Val Val Arg Met His Val Gly
        835                 840                 845
Asp Gly Lys Ser Ser Ser Ala Ala Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Leu Val Asn
    850                 855                 860
Leu Trp Lys Arg Arg Gly Ser Ser Gly Glu Thr Leu Ser Ser Asn Gly
865                 870                 875                 880
Lys Ser Val Thr Trp Ala Gln Asn Glu Lys Ser Ser Arg Gly Gln His
                885                 890                 895
Leu Trp Gln Arg Leu Ser Ile His Ile Asn Lys Lys Glu Asn Pro Asn
            900                 905                 910
Gln Thr Ala Val Ile Lys Pro Phe Pro Lys Ser Thr Glu Ser Arg Gly
        915                 920                 925
Leu Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ala Gly Gly Val Gly Ala
    930                 935                 940
Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly Cys Ala Gly Ala Gly Pro Gly Gly Pro Glu Ser
945                 950                 955                 960
Pro Asp Ala Gly Pro Lys Ala Leu Tyr Asp Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Glu
                965                 970                 975
His Phe Pro Ala Pro Ala Arg Pro Arg Ser Pro Ser Pro Ile Ser Thr
            980                 985                 990
Leu Ser His Arg Ala Gly Ser Ala Ser Arg Thr Asp Asp Asp Val Pro
        995                 1000                1005
Ser Leu His Ser Glu Pro Val Ala Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Gln Gly Ser
    1010                1015                1020
Leu Met Glu Gln Ile Ser Ser Val Val Thr Arg Phe Thr Ala Asn Ile
1025                1030                1035                1040
Ser Glu Leu Asn Ser Met Met Leu Ser Thr Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Gly
                1045                1050                1055
Val Gly Ala Pro Leu Cys Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ile Pro Lys Glu Ile Gln
            1060                1065                1070
Leu Pro Thr Thr Met Thr Thr Phe Ala Glu Ile Gln Pro Leu Pro Ala
        1075                1080                1085
Ile Glu Val Thr Gly Gly Ala Gln Pro Ala Ala Gly Ala Gln Ala Ala
    1090                1095                1100
Gly Asp Ala Ala Arg Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Ala
1105                1110                1115                1120
Ala Lys Pro Asp Leu Glu Glu Leu Val Ala Leu Thr Pro Pro Ser Pro
                1125                1130                1135
Phe Arg Asp Ser Val Asp Ser Gly Ser Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Pro Val
            1140                1145                1150
Ser Glu Ser Ala Leu Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser Pro Lys Tyr Asp Thr Leu
        1155                1160                1165
Ile Ile Arg Asp Tyr Thr Gln Ser Ser Ser Pro Leu
    1170                1175                1180 
           
           
             
               4207 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             
               mRNA 
             
             
               unknown 
             
             3
GUGAUACAGA CCAGUGAGAA GGCAGCUUCU CCUUUUCACC UUCUUCUCCA UUCGCUACAU     60
GGGAUUUUAU UGUUCAGAGU UUCUCAGGAC AAAGCUAGAG CUAAUUUGUG UCUCUAAUCC    120
UGGGCACUGG CCAUUUGAAG CAGCCAAAGG UGCAUUGACC AGGACUACGU GCAGCCCUUC    180
CUCCAGUGGG ACAUAAGCAG GGGUUUUCUG UGGAAGUCUU AGUUGCAUGA CAUUCUACUG    240
UCAGCUGUGG AGUGUUCAGG UUUAGAAGAU CAUGACCACA UGGAUCAUCU AACUAAAUGG    300
UACAUGGGGA CAAAAUGGUC CUUUAGAAAA UACAUCUGAA UUGCUGGCUA AUUUCUUGAU    360
UUGCGACUCA ACGUAGGACA UCGCUUGUUC GUAGCUAUCA GAACCCUCCU GAAUUCUCCC    420
CACCUUGCUA UCUUUAUUGG CUUGAACUCC UUUCCUAAAA UGGUCCUUCU GUUGAUCCUG    480
UCAGUCUUAC UUUUGAAAGA AGAUGUCCGU GGGAGUGCAC AGUCCAGUGA GAGGAGGGUG    540
GUGGCUCACA UGCCGGGUGA CAUCAUUAUU GGAGCUCUCU UUUCUGUUCA UCACCAGCCU    600
ACUGUGGACA AAGUUCAUGA GAGGAAGUGU GGGGCGGUCC GUGAACAGUA UGGCAUUCAG    660
AGAGUGGAGG CCAUGCUGCA UACCCUGGAA AGGAUCAAUU CAGACCCCAC ACUCUUGCCC    720
AACAUCACAC UGGGCUGUGA GAUAAGGGAC UCCUGCUGGC AUUCGGCUGU GGCCCUAGAG    780
CAGAGCAUUG AGUUCAUAAG AGAUUCCCUC AUUUCUUCAG AAGAGGAAGA AGGCUUGGUA    840
CGCUGUGUGG AUGGCUCCUC CUCUUCCUUC CGCUCCAAGA AGCCCAUAGU AGGGGUCAUU    900
GGGCCUGGCU CCAGUUCUGU AGCCAUUCAG GUCCAGAAUU UGCUCCAGCU UUUCAACAUA    960
CCUCAGAUUG CUUACUCAGC AACCAGCAUG GAUCUGAGUG ACAAGACUCU GUUCAAAUAU   1020
UUCAUGAGGG UUGUGCCUUC AGAUGCUCAG CAGGCAAGGG CCAUGGUGGA CAUAGUGAAG   1080
AGGUACAACU GGACCUAUGU AUCAGCCGUG CACACAGAAG GCAACUAUGG AGAAAGUGGG   1140
AUGGAAGCCU UCAAAGAUAU GUCAGCGAAG GAAGGGAUUU GCAUCGCCCA CUCUUACAAA   1200
AUCUACAGUA AUGCAGGGGA GCAGAGCUUU GAUAAGCUGC UGAAGAAGCU CACAAGUCAC   1260
UUGCCCAAGG CCCGGGUGGU GGCCUGCUUC UGUGAGGGCA UGACGGUGAG AGGUCUGCUG   1320
AUGGCCAUGA GGCGCCUGGG UCUAGCGGGA GAAUUUCUGC UUCUGGGCAG UGAUGGCUGG   1380
GCUGACAGGU AUGAUGUGAC AGAUGGAUAU CAGCGAGAAG CUGUUGGUGG CAUCACAAUC   1440
AAGCUCCAAU CUCCCGAUGU CAAGUGGUUU GAUGAUUAUU AUCUGAAGCU CCGGCCAGAA   1500
ACAAACCACC GAAACCCUUG GUUUCAAGAA UUUUGGCAGC AUCGUUUUCA GUGCCGACUG   1560
GAAGGGUUUC CACAGGAGAA CAGCAAAUAC AACAAGACUU GCAAUAGUUC UCUGACUCUG   1620
AAAACACAUC AUGUUCAGGA UUCCAAAAUG GGAUUUGUGA UCAACGCCAU CUAUUCGAUG   1680
GCCUAUGGGC UCCACAACAU GCAGAUGUCC CUCUGCCCAG GCUAUGCAGG ACUCUGUGAU   1740
GCCAUGAAGC CAAUUGAUGG ACGGAAACUU UUGGAGUCCC UGAUGAAAAC CAAUUUUACU   1800
GGGGUUUCUG GAGAUACGAU CCUAUUCGAU GAGAAUGGAG ACUCUCCAGG AAGGUAUGAA   1860
AUAAUGAAUU UCAAGGAAAU GGGAAAAGAU UACUUUGAUU AUAUCAACGU UGGAAGUUGG   1920
GACAAUGGAG AAUUAAAAAU GGAUGAUGAU GAAGUAUGGU CCAAGAAAAG CAACAUCAUC   1980
AGAUCUGUGU GCAGUGAACC AUGUGAGAAA GGCCAGAUCA AGGUGAUCCG AAAGGGAGAA   2040
GUCAGCUGUU GUUGGACCUG UACACCUUGU AAGGAGAAUG AGUAUGUCUU UGAUGAGUAC   2100
ACAUGCAAGG CAUGCCAACU GGGGUCUUGG CCCACUGAUG AUCUCACAGG UUGUGACUUG   2160
AUCCCAGUAC AGUAUCUUCG AUGGGGUGAC CCUGAACCCA UUGCAGCUGU GGUGUUUGCC   2220
UGCCUUGGCC UCCUGGCCAC CCUGUUUGUU ACUGUAGUCU UCAUCAUUUA CCGUGAUACA   2280
CCAGUAGUCA AGUCCUCAAG CAGGGAACUC UGCUACAUUA UCCUUGCUGG CAUCUGCCUG   2340
GGCUACUUAU GUACCUUCUG CCUCAUUGCG AAGCCCAAAC AGAUUUACUG CUACCUUCAG   2400
AGAAUUGGCA UUGGUCUCUC CCCAGCCAUG AGCUACUCAG CCCUUGUAAC AAAGACCAAC   2460
CGUAUUGCAA GGAUCCUGGC UGGCAGCAAG AAGAAGAUCU GUACCAAAAA GCCCAGAUUC   2520
AUGAGUGCCU GUGCCCAGCU AGUGAUUGCU UUCAUUCUCA UAUGCAUCCA GUUGGGCAUC   2580
AUCGUUGCCC UCUUUAUAAU GGAGCCUCCU GACAUAAUGC AUGACUACCC AAGCAUUCGA   2640
GAAGUCUACC UGAUCUGUAA CACCACCAAC CUAGGAGUUG UCACUCCACU UGGAUACAAU   2700
GGAUUGUUGA UUUUGAGCUG CACCUUCUAU GCGUUCAAGA CCAGAAAUGU UCCAGCUAAC   2760
UUCAACGAGG CCAAGUAUAU CGCCUUCACA AUGUACACGA CCUGCAUUAU AUGGCUAGCU   2820
UUUGUGCCAA UCUACUUUGG CAGCAACUAC AAAAUCAUCA CCAUGUGUUU CUCGGUCAGC   2880
CUCAGUGCCA CAGUGGCCCU AGGCUGCAUG UUUGUGCCGA AGGUGUACAU CAUCCUGGCC   2940
AAACCAGAGA GAAACGUGCG CAGCGCCUUC ACCACAUCUA CCGUGGUGCG CAUGCAUGUA   3000
GGGGAUGGCA AGUCAUCCUC CGCAGCCAGC AGAUCCAGCA GCCUAGUCAA CCUGUGGAAG   3060
AGAAGGGGCU CCUCUGGGGA AACCUUAAGU UCCAAUGGAA AAUCCGUCAC GUGGGCCCAG   3120
AAUGAGAAGA GCAGCCGGGG GCAGCACCUG UGGCAGCGCC UGUCCAUCCA CAUCAACAAG   3180
AAAGAAAACC CCAACCAAAC GGCCGUCAUC AAGCCCUUCC CCAAGAGCAC GGAGAGCCGU   3240
GGCCUGGGCG CUGGCGCUGG CGCAGGCGGG AGCGCUGGGG GCGUGGGGGC CACGGGCGGU   3300
GCGGGCUGCG CAGGCGCCGG CCCAGGCGGG CCCGAGUCCC CAGACGCCGG CCCCAAGGCG   3360
CUGUAUGAUG UGGCCGAGGC UGAGGAGCAC UUCCCGGCGC CCGCGCGGCC GCGCUCACCG   3420
UCGCCCAUCA GCACGCUGAG CCACCGCGCG GGCUCGGCCA GCCGCACGGA CGACGAUGUG   3480
CCGUCGCUGC ACUCGGAGCC UGUGGCGCGC AGCAGCUCCU CGCAGGGCUC CCUCAUGGAG   3540
CAGAUCAGCA GUGUGGUCAC CCGCUUCACG GCCAACAUCA GCGAGCUCAA CUCCAUGAUG   3600
CUGUCCACCG CGGCCCCCAG CCCCGGCGUC GGCGCCCCGC UCUGCUCGUC CUACCUGAUC   3660
CCCAAAGAGA UCCAGUUGCC CACGACCAUG ACGACCUUUG CCGAAAUCCA GCCUCUGCCG   3720
GCCAUCGAAG UCACGGGCGG CGCGCAGCCC GCGGCAGGGG CGCAGGCGGC UGGGGACGCG   3780
GCCCGGGAGA GCCCCGCGGC CGGUCCCGAG GCUGCGGCCG CCAAGCCAGA CCUGGAGGAG   3840
CUGGUGGCUC UCACCCCGCC GUCCCCCUUC AGAGACUCGG UGGACUCGGG GAGCACAACC   3900
CCCAACUCGC CAGUGUCCGA GUCGGCCCUC UGUAUCCCGU CGUCUCCCAA AUAUGACACU   3960
CUUAUCAUAA GAGAUUACAC UCAGAGCUCC UCGCCGCUGU GAAUGUCCCU GGAAAGCACG   4020
CCGGCCUGCG CGUGCGGAGC GGAGCCCCCC GUGUUCACAC ACACACAAUG GCAAGCAUAG   4080
CCGCCUGGUU ACGGCCCAGG GGGAAGGUGC CAAGGGCACC CCUUUAUGGA AACACGAGAU   4140
CAGUAGCGCU AUCUCAUGAC AACCCACGAA GAAACCGACG ACAAAUCUCG CGGCAGAUUU   4200
UCUUCUA                                                             4207 
           
           
             
               4303 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             
               cDNA 
             
             
               unknown 
             
             
               CDS 
                460..4095 
             
             4
GTGATACAGA CCAGTGAGAA GGCAGCTTCT CCTTTTCACC TTCTTCTCCA TTCGCTACAT     60
GGGATTTTAT TGTTCAGAGT TTCTCAGGAC AAAGCTAGAG CTAATTTGTG TCTCTAATCC    120
TGGGCACTGG CCATTTGAAG CAGCCAAAGG TGCATTGACC AGGACTACGT GCAGCCCTTC    180
CTCCAGTGGG ACATAAGCAG GGGTTTTCTG TGGAAGTCTT AGTTGCATGA CATTCTACTG    240
TCAGCTGTGG AGTGTTCAGG TTTAGAAGAT CATGACCACA TGGATCATCT AACTAAATGG    300
TACATGGGGA CAAAATGGTC CTTTAGAAAA TACATCTGAA TTGCTGGCTA ATTTCTTGAT    360
TTGCGACTCA ACGTAGGACA TCGCTTGTTC GTAGCTATCA GAACCCTCCT GAATTTTCCC    420
CACCATGCTA TCTTTATTGG CTTGAACTCC TTTCCTAAA ATG GTC CTT CTG TTG       474
                                           Met Val Leu Leu Leu
                                             1               5
ATC CTG TCA GTC TTA CTT TTG AAA GAA GAT GTC CGT GGG AGT GCA CAG      522
Ile Leu Ser Val Leu Leu Leu Lys Glu Asp Val Arg Gly Ser Ala Gln
                 10                  15                  20
TCC AGT GAG AGG AGG GTG GTG GCT CAC ATG CCG GGT GAC ATC ATT ATT      570
Ser Ser Glu Arg Arg Val Val Ala His Met Pro Gly Asp Ile Ile Ile
             25                  30                  35
GGA GCT CTC TTT TCT GTT CAT CAC CAG CCT ACT GTG GAC AAA GTT CAT      618
Gly Ala Leu Phe Ser Val His His Gln Pro Thr Val Asp Lys Val His
         40                  45                  50
GAG AGG AAG TGT GGG GCG GTC CGT GAA CAG TAT GGC ATT CAG AGA GTG      666
Glu Arg Lys Cys Gly Ala Val Arg Glu Gln Tyr Gly Ile Gln Arg Val
     55                  60                  65
GAG GCC ATG CTG CAT ACC CTG GAA AGG ATC AAT TCA GAC CCC ACA CTC      714
Glu Ala Met Leu His Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile Asn Ser Asp Pro Thr Leu
 70                  75                  80                  85
TTG CCC AAC ATC ACA CTG GGC TGT GAG ATA AGG GAC TCC TGC TGG CAT      762
Leu Pro Asn Ile Thr Leu Gly Cys Glu Ile Arg Asp Ser Cys Trp His
                 90                  95                 100
TCG GCT GTG GCC CTA GAG CAG AGC ATT GAG TTC ATA AGA GAT TCC CTC      810
Ser Ala Val Ala Leu Glu Gln Ser Ile Glu Phe Ile Arg Asp Ser Leu
            105                 110                 115
ATT TCT TCA GAA GAG GAA GAA GGC TTG GTA CGC TGT GTG GAT GGC TCC      858
Ile Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Glu Gly Leu Val Arg Cys Val Asp Gly Ser
        120                 125                 130
TCC TCT TCC TTC CGC TCC AAG AAG CCC ATA GTA GGG GTC ATT GGG CCT      906
Ser Ser Ser Phe Arg Ser Lys Lys Pro Ile Val Gly Val Ile Gly Pro
    135                 140                 145
GGC TCC AGT TCT GTA GCC ATT CAG GTC CAG AAT TTG CTC CAG CTT TTC      954
Gly Ser Ser Ser Val Ala Ile Gln Val Gln Asn Leu Leu Gln Leu Phe
150                 155                 160                 165
AAC ATA CCT CAG ATT GCT TAC TCA GCA ACC AGC ATG GAT CTG AGT GAC     1002
Asn Ile Pro Gln Ile Ala Tyr Ser Ala Thr Ser Met Asp Leu Ser Asp
                170                 175                 180
AAG ACT CTG TTC AAA TAT TTC ATG AGG GTT GTG CCT TCA GAT GCT CAG     1050
Lys Thr Leu Phe Lys Tyr Phe Met Arg Val Val Pro Ser Asp Ala Gln
            185                 190                 195
CAG GCA AGG GCC ATG GTG GAC ATA GTG AAG AGG TAC AAC TGG ACC TAT     1098
Gln Ala Arg Ala Met Val Asp Ile Val Lys Arg Tyr Asn Trp Thr Tyr
        200                 205                 210
GTA TCA GCC GTG CAC ACA GAA GGC AAC TAT GGA GAA AGT GGG ATG GAA     1146
Val Ser Ala Val His Thr Glu Gly Asn Tyr Gly Glu Ser Gly Met Glu
    215                 220                 225
GCC TTC AAA GAT ATG TCA GCG AAG GAA GGG ATT TGC ATC GCC CAC TCT     1194
Ala Phe Lys Asp Met Ser Ala Lys Glu Gly Ile Cys Ile Ala His Ser
230                 235                 240                 245
TAC AAA ATC TAC AGT AAT GCA GGG GAG CAG AGC TTT GAT AAG CTG CTG     1242
Tyr Lys Ile Tyr Ser Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Ser Phe Asp Lys Leu Leu
                250                 255                 260
AAG AAG CTC ACA AGT CAC TTG CCC AAG GCC CGG GTG GTG GCC TGC TTC     1290
Lys Lys Leu Thr Ser His Leu Pro Lys Ala Arg Val Val Ala Cys Phe
            265                 270                 275
TGT GAG GGC ATG ACG GTG AGA GGT CTG CTG ATG GCC ATG AGG CGC CTG     1338
Cys Glu Gly Met Thr Val Arg Gly Leu Leu Met Ala Met Arg Arg Leu
        280                 285                 290
GGT CTA GCG GGA GAA TTT CTG CTT CTG GGC AGT GAT GGC TGG GCT GAC     1386
Gly Leu Ala Gly Glu Phe Leu Leu Leu Gly Ser Asp Gly Trp Ala Asp
    295                 300                 305
AGG TAT GAT GTG ACA GAT GGA TAT CAG CGA GAA GCT GTT GGT GGC ATC     1434
Arg Tyr Asp Val Thr Asp Gly Tyr Gln Arg Glu Ala Val Gly Gly Ile
310                 315                 320                 325
ACA ATC AAG CTC CAA TCT CCC GAT GTC AAG TGG TTT GAT GAT TAT TAT     1482
Thr Ile Lys Leu Gln Ser Pro Asp Val Lys Trp Phe Asp Asp Tyr Tyr
                330                 335                 340
CTG AAG CTC CGG CCA GAA ACA AAC CAC CGA AAC CCT TGG TTT CAA GAA     1530
Leu Lys Leu Arg Pro Glu Thr Asn His Arg Asn Pro Trp Phe Gln Glu
            345                 350                 355
TTT TGG CAG CAT CGT TTT CAG TGC CGA CTG GAA GGG TTT CCA CAG GAG     1578
Phe Trp Gln His Arg Phe Gln Cys Arg Leu Glu Gly Phe Pro Gln Glu
        360                 365                 370
AAC AGC AAA TAC AAC AAG ACT TGC AAT AGT TCT CTG ACT CTG AAA ACA     1626
Asn Ser Lys Tyr Asn Lys Thr Cys Asn Ser Ser Leu Thr Leu Lys Thr
    375                 380                 385
CAT CAT GTT CAG GAT TCC AAA ATG GGA TTT GTG ATC AAC GCC ATC TAT     1674
His His Val Gln Asp Ser Lys Met Gly Phe Val Ile Asn Ala Ile Tyr
390                 395                 400                 405
TCG ATG GCC TAT GGG CTC CAC AAC ATG CAG ATG TCC CTC TGC CCA GGC     1722
Ser Met Ala Tyr Gly Leu His Asn Met Gln Met Ser Leu Cys Pro Gly
                410                 415                 420
TAT GCA GGA CTC TGT GAT GCC ATG AAG CCA ATT GAT GGA CGG AAA CTT     1770
Tyr Ala Gly Leu Cys Asp Ala Met Lys Pro Ile Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu
            425                 430                 435
TTG GAG TCC CTG ATG AAA ACC AAT TTT ACT GGG GTT TCT GGA GAT ACG     1818
Leu Glu Ser Leu Met Lys Thr Asn Phe Thr Gly Val Ser Gly Asp Thr
        440                 445                 450
ATC CTA TTC GAT GAG AAT GGA GAC TCT CCA GGA AGG TAT GAA ATA ATG     1866
Ile Leu Phe Asp Glu Asn Gly Asp Ser Pro Gly Arg Tyr Glu Ile Met
    455                 460                 465
AAT TTC AAG GAA ATG GGA AAA GAT TAC TTT GAT TAT ATC AAC GTT GGA     1914
Asn Phe Lys Glu Met Gly Lys Asp Tyr Phe Asp Tyr Ile Asn Val Gly
470                 475                 480                 485
AGT TGG GAC AAT GGA GAA TTA AAA ATG GAT GAT GAT GAA GTA TGG TCC     1962
Ser Trp Asp Asn Gly Glu Leu Lys Met Asp Asp Asp Glu Val Trp Ser
                490                 495                 500
AAG AAA AGC AAC ATC ATC AGA TCT GTG TGC AGT GAA CCA TGT GAG AAA     2010
Lys Lys Ser Asn Ile Ile Arg Ser Val Cys Ser Glu Pro Cys Glu Lys
            505                 510                 515
GGC CAG ATC AAG GTG ATC CGA AAG GGA GAA GTC AGC TGT TGT TGG ACC     2058
Gly Gln Ile Lys Val Ile Arg Lys Gly Glu Val Ser Cys Cys Trp Thr
        520                 525                 530
TGT ACA CCT TGT AAG GAG AAT GAG TAT GTC TTT GAT GAG TAC ACA TGC     2106
Cys Thr Pro Cys Lys Glu Asn Glu Tyr Val Phe Asp Glu Tyr Thr Cys
    535                 540                 545
AAG GCA TGC CAA CTG GGG TCT TGG CCC ACT GAT GAT CTC ACA GGT TGT     2154
Lys Ala Cys Gln Leu Gly Ser Trp Pro Thr Asp Asp Leu Thr Gly Cys
550                 555                 560                 565
GAC TTG ATC CCA GTA CAG TAT CTT CGA TGG GGT GAC CCT GAA CCC ATT     2202
Asp Leu Ile Pro Val Gln Tyr Leu Arg Trp Gly Asp Pro Glu Pro Ile
                570                 575                 580
GCA GCT GTG GTG TTT GCC TGC CTT GGC CTC CTG GCC ACC CTG TTT GTT     2250
Ala Ala Val Val Phe Ala Cys Leu Gly Leu Leu Ala Thr Leu Phe Val
            585                 590                 595
ACT GTA GTC TTC ATC ATT TAC CGT GAT ACA CCA GTA GTC AAG TCC TCA     2298
Thr Val Val Phe Ile Ile Tyr Arg Asp Thr Pro Val Val Lys Ser Ser
        600                 605                 610
AGC AGG GAA CTC TGC TAC ATT ATC CTT GCT GGC ATC TGC CTG GGC TAC     2346
Ser Arg Glu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Gly Ile Cys Leu Gly Tyr
    615                 620                 625
TTA TGT ACC TTC TGC CTC ATT GCG AAG CCC AAA CAG ATT TAC TGC TAC     2394
Leu Cys Thr Phe Cys Leu Ile Ala Lys Pro Lys Gln Ile Tyr Cys Tyr
630                 635                 640                 645
CTT CAG AGA ATT GGC ATT GGT CTC TCC CCA GCC ATG AGC TAC TCA GCC     2442
Leu Gln Arg Ile Gly Ile Gly Leu Ser Pro Ala Met Ser Tyr Ser Ala
                650                 655                 660
CTT GTA ACA AAG ACC AAC CGT ATT GCA AGG ATC CTG GCT GGC AGC AAG     2490
Leu Val Thr Lys Thr Asn Arg Ile Ala Arg Ile Leu Ala Gly Ser Lys
            665                 670                 675
AAG AAG ATC TGT ACC AAA AAG CCC AGA TTC ATG AGT GCC TGT GCC CAG     2538
Lys Lys Ile Cys Thr Lys Lys Pro Arg Phe Met Ser Ala Cys Ala Gln
        680                 685                 690
CTA GTG ATT GCT TTC ATT CTC ATA TGC ATC CAG TTG GGC ATC ATC GTT     2586
Leu Val Ile Ala Phe Ile Leu Ile Cys Ile Gln Leu Gly Ile Ile Val
    695                 700                 705
GCC CTC TTT ATA ATG GAG CCT CCT GAC ATA ATG CAT GAC TAC CCA AGC     2634
Ala Leu Phe Ile Met Glu Pro Pro Asp Ile Met His Asp Tyr Pro Ser
710                 715                 720                 725
ATT CGA GAA GTC TAC CTG ATC TGT AAC ACC ACC AAC CTA GGA GTT GTC     2682
Ile Arg Glu Val Tyr Leu Ile Cys Asn Thr Thr Asn Leu Gly Val Val
                730                 735                 740
ACT CCA CTT GGA TAC AAT GGA TTG TTG ATT TTG AGC TGC ACC TTC TAT     2730
Thr Pro Leu Gly Tyr Asn Gly Leu Leu Ile Leu Ser Cys Thr Phe Tyr
            745                 750                 755
GCG TTC AAG ACC AGA AAT GTT CCA GCT AAC TTC AAC GAG GCC AAG TAT     2778
Ala Phe Lys Thr Arg Asn Val Pro Ala Asn Phe Asn Glu Ala Lys Tyr
        760                 765                 770
ATC GCC TTC ACA ATG TAC ACG ACC TGC ATT ATA TGG CTA GCT TTT GTG     2826
Ile Ala Phe Thr Met Tyr Thr Thr Cys Ile Ile Trp Leu Ala Phe Val
    775                 780                 785
CCA ATC TAC TTT GGC AGC AAC TAC AAA ATC ATC ACC ATG TGT TTC TCG     2874
Pro Ile Tyr Phe Gly Ser Asn Tyr Lys Ile Ile Thr Met Cys Phe Ser
790                 795                 800                 805
GTC AGC CTC AGT GCC ACA GTG GCC CTA GGC TGC ATG TTT GTG CCG AAG     2922
Val Ser Leu Ser Ala Thr Val Ala Leu Gly Cys Met Phe Val Pro Lys
                810                 815                 820
GTG TAC ATC ATC CTG GCC AAA CCA GAG AGA AAC GTG CGC AGC GCC TTC     2970
Val Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Lys Pro Glu Arg Asn Val Arg Ser Ala Phe
            825                 830                 835
ACC ACA TCT ACC GTG GTG CGC ATG CAT GTA GGG GAT GGC AAG TCA TCC     3018
Thr Thr Ser Thr Val Val Arg Met His Val Gly Asp Gly Lys Ser Ser
        840                 845                 850
TCC GCA GCC AGC AGA TCC AGC AGC CTA GTC AAC CTG TGG AAG AGA AGG     3066
Ser Ala Ala Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Leu Val Asn Leu Trp Lys Arg Arg
    855                 860                 865
GGC TCC TCT GGG GAA ACC TTA AGG TAC AAA GAC AGG AGA CTG GCC CAG     3114
Gly Ser Ser Gly Glu Thr Leu Arg Tyr Lys Asp Arg Arg Leu Ala Gln
870                 875                 880                 885
CAC AAG TCG GAA ATA GAG TGT TTC ACC CCC AAA GGG AGT ATG GGG AAT     3162
His Lys Ser Glu Ile Glu Cys Phe Thr Pro Lys Gly Ser Met Gly Asn
                890                 895                 900
GGT GGG AGA GCA ACA ATG AGC AGT TCC AAT GGA AAA TCC GTC ACG TGG     3210
Gly Gly Arg Ala Thr Met Ser Ser Ser Asn Gly Lys Ser Val Thr Trp
            905                 910                 915
GCC CAG AAT GAG AAG AGC AGC CGG GGG CAG CAC CTG TGG CAG CGC CTG     3258
Ala Gln Asn Glu Lys Ser Ser Arg Gly Gln His Leu Trp Gln Arg Leu
        920                 925                 930
TCC ATC CAC ATC AAC AAG AAA GAA AAC CCC AAC CAA ACG GCC GTC ATC     3306
Ser Ile His Ile Asn Lys Lys Glu Asn Pro Asn Gln Thr Ala Val Ile
    935                 940                 945
AAG CCC TTC CCC AAG AGC ACG GAG AGC CGT GGC CTG GGC GCT GGC GCT     3354
Lys Pro Phe Pro Lys Ser Thr Glu Ser Arg Gly Leu Gly Ala Gly Ala
950                 955                 960                 965
GGC GCA GGC GGG AGC GCT GGG GGC GTG GGG GCC ACG GGC GGT GCG GGC     3402
Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ala Gly Gly Val Gly Ala Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly
                970                 975                 980
TGC GCA GGC GCC GGC CCA GGC GGG CCC GAG TCC CCA GAC GCC GGC CCC     3450
Cys Ala Gly Ala Gly Pro Gly Gly Pro Glu Ser Pro Asp Ala Gly Pro
            985                 990                 995
AAG GCG CTG TAT GAT GTG GCC GAG GCT GAG GAG CAC TTC CCG GCG CCC     3498
Lys Ala Leu Tyr Asp Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Glu His Phe Pro Ala Pro
        1000                1005                1010
GCG CGG CCG CGC TCA CCG TCG CCC ATC AGC ACG CTG AGC CAC CGC GCG     3546
Ala Arg Pro Arg Ser Pro Ser Pro Ile Ser Thr Leu Ser His Arg Ala
    1015                1020                1025
GGC TCG GCC AGC CGC ACG GAC GAC GAT GTG CCG TCG CTG CAC TCG GAG     3594
Gly Ser Ala Ser Arg Thr Asp Asp Asp Val Pro Ser Leu His Ser Glu
1030                1035                1040                1045
CCT GTG GCG CGC AGC AGC TCC TCG CAG GGC TCC CTC ATG GAG CAG ATC     3642
Pro Val Ala Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Gln Gly Ser Leu Met Glu Gln Ile
                1050                1055                1060
AGC AGT GTG GTC ACC CGC TTC ACG GCC AAC ATC AGC GAG CTC AAC TCC     3690
Ser Ser Val Val Thr Arg Phe Thr Ala Asn Ile Ser Glu Leu Asn Ser
            1065                1070                1075
ATG ATG CTG TCC ACC GCG GCC CCC AGC CCC GGC GTC GGC GCC CCG CTC     3738
Met Met Leu Ser Thr Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Gly Val Gly Ala Pro Leu
        1080                1085                1090
TGC TCG TCC TAC CTG ATC CCC AAA GAG ATC CAG TTG CCC ACG ACC ATG     3786
Cys Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ile Pro Lys Glu Ile Gln Leu Pro Thr Thr Met
    1095                1100                1105
ACG ACC TTT GCC GAA ATC CAG CCT CTG CCG GCC ATC GAA GTC ACG GGC     3834
Thr Thr Phe Ala Glu Ile Gln Pro Leu Pro Ala Ile Glu Val Thr Gly
1110                1115                1120                1125
GGC GCG CAG CCC GCG GCA GGG GCG CAG GCG GCT GGG GAC GCG GCC CGG     3882
Gly Ala Gln Pro Ala Ala Gly Ala Gln Ala Ala Gly Asp Ala Ala Arg
                1130                1135                1140
GAG AGC CCC GCG GCC GGT CCC GAG GCT GCG GCC GCC AAG CCA GAC CTG     3930
Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Ala Ala Lys Pro Asp Leu
            1145                1150                1155
GAG GAG CTG GTG GCT CTC ACC CCG CCG TCC CCC TTC AGA GAC TCG GTG     3978
Glu Glu Leu Val Ala Leu Thr Pro Pro Ser Pro Phe Arg Asp Ser Val
        1160                1165                1170
GAC TCG GGG AGC ACA ACC CCC AAC TCG CCA GTG TCC GAG TCG GCC CTC     4026
Asp Ser Gly Ser Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Pro Val Ser Glu Ser Ala Leu
    1175                1180                1185
TGT ATC CCG TCG TCT CCC AAA TAT GAC ACT CTT ATC ATA AGA GAT TAC     4074
Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser Pro Lys Tyr Asp Thr Leu Ile Ile Arg Asp Tyr
1190                1195                1200                1205
ACT CAG AGC TCC TCG CCG CTG TGAATGTCCC TGGAAAGCAC GCCGGCCTGC        4125
Thr Gln Ser Ser Ser Pro Leu
                1210
GCGTGCGGAG CGGAGCCCCC CGTGTTCACA CACACACAAT GGCAAGCATA GCCGCCTGGT   4185
TACGGCCCAG GGGGAAGGTG CCAAGGGCAC CCCTTTATGG AAACACGAGA TCAGTAGCGC   4245
TATCTCATGA CAACCCACGA AGAAACCGAC GACAAATCTC GCGGCAGATT TTCTTCTA     4303 
           
           
             
               1212 amino acids 
               amino acid 
               linear 
             
             
               protein 
             
             
               unknown 
             
             5
Met Val Leu Leu Leu Ile Leu Ser Val Leu Leu Leu Lys Glu Asp Val
  1               5                  10                  15
Arg Gly Ser Ala Gln Ser Ser Glu Arg Arg Val Val Ala His Met Pro
             20                  25                  30
Gly Asp Ile Ile Ile Gly Ala Leu Phe Ser Val His His Gln Pro Thr
         35                  40                  45
Val Asp Lys Val His Glu Arg Lys Cys Gly Ala Val Arg Glu Gln Tyr
     50                  55                  60
Gly Ile Gln Arg Val Glu Ala Met Leu His Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile Asn
 65                  70                  75                  80
Ser Asp Pro Thr Leu Leu Pro Asn Ile Thr Leu Gly Cys Glu Ile Arg
                 85                  90                  95
Asp Ser Cys Trp His Ser Ala Val Ala Leu Glu Gln Ser Ile Glu Phe
            100                 105                 110
Ile Arg Asp Ser Leu Ile Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Glu Gly Leu Val Arg
        115                 120                 125
Cys Val Asp Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Phe Arg Ser Lys Lys Pro Ile Val
    130                 135                 140
Gly Val Ile Gly Pro Gly Ser Ser Ser Val Ala Ile Gln Val Gln Asn
145                 150                 155                 160
Leu Leu Gln Leu Phe Asn Ile Pro Gln Ile Ala Tyr Ser Ala Thr Ser
                165                 170                 175
Met Asp Leu Ser Asp Lys Thr Leu Phe Lys Tyr Phe Met Arg Val Val
            180                 185                 190
Pro Ser Asp Ala Gln Gln Ala Arg Ala Met Val Asp Ile Val Lys Arg
        195                 200                 205
Tyr Asn Trp Thr Tyr Val Ser Ala Val His Thr Glu Gly Asn Tyr Gly
    210                 215                 220
Glu Ser Gly Met Glu Ala Phe Lys Asp Met Ser Ala Lys Glu Gly Ile
225                 230                 235                 240
Cys Ile Ala His Ser Tyr Lys Ile Tyr Ser Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Ser
                245                 250                 255
Phe Asp Lys Leu Leu Lys Lys Leu Thr Ser His Leu Pro Lys Ala Arg
            260                 265                 270
Val Val Ala Cys Phe Cys Glu Gly Met Thr Val Arg Gly Leu Leu Met
        275                 280                 285
Ala Met Arg Arg Leu Gly Leu Ala Gly Glu Phe Leu Leu Leu Gly Ser
    290                 295                 300
Asp Gly Trp Ala Asp Arg Tyr Asp Val Thr Asp Gly Tyr Gln Arg Glu
305                 310                 315                 320
Ala Val Gly Gly Ile Thr Ile Lys Leu Gln Ser Pro Asp Val Lys Trp
                325                 330                 335
Phe Asp Asp Tyr Tyr Leu Lys Leu Arg Pro Glu Thr Asn His Arg Asn
            340                 345                 350
Pro Trp Phe Gln Glu Phe Trp Gln His Arg Phe Gln Cys Arg Leu Glu
        355                 360                 365
Gly Phe Pro Gln Glu Asn Ser Lys Tyr Asn Lys Thr Cys Asn Ser Ser
    370                 375                 380
Leu Thr Leu Lys Thr His His Val Gln Asp Ser Lys Met Gly Phe Val
385                 390                 395                 400
Ile Asn Ala Ile Tyr Ser Met Ala Tyr Gly Leu His Asn Met Gln Met
                405                 410                 415
Ser Leu Cys Pro Gly Tyr Ala Gly Leu Cys Asp Ala Met Lys Pro Ile
            420                 425                 430
Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu Leu Glu Ser Leu Met Lys Thr Asn Phe Thr Gly
        435                 440                 445
Val Ser Gly Asp Thr Ile Leu Phe Asp Glu Asn Gly Asp Ser Pro Gly
    450                 455                 460
Arg Tyr Glu Ile Met Asn Phe Lys Glu Met Gly Lys Asp Tyr Phe Asp
465                 470                 475                 480
Tyr Ile Asn Val Gly Ser Trp Asp Asn Gly Glu Leu Lys Met Asp Asp
                485                 490                 495
Asp Glu Val Trp Ser Lys Lys Ser Asn Ile Ile Arg Ser Val Cys Ser
            500                 505                 510
Glu Pro Cys Glu Lys Gly Gln Ile Lys Val Ile Arg Lys Gly Glu Val
        515                 520                 525
Ser Cys Cys Trp Thr Cys Thr Pro Cys Lys Glu Asn Glu Tyr Val Phe
    530                 535                 540
Asp Glu Tyr Thr Cys Lys Ala Cys Gln Leu Gly Ser Trp Pro Thr Asp
545                 550                 555                 560
Asp Leu Thr Gly Cys Asp Leu Ile Pro Val Gln Tyr Leu Arg Trp Gly
                565                 570                 575
Asp Pro Glu Pro Ile Ala Ala Val Val Phe Ala Cys Leu Gly Leu Leu
            580                 585                 590
Ala Thr Leu Phe Val Thr Val Val Phe Ile Ile Tyr Arg Asp Thr Pro
        595                 600                 605
Val Val Lys Ser Ser Ser Arg Glu Leu Cys Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Gly
    610                 615                 620
Ile Cys Leu Gly Tyr Leu Cys Thr Phe Cys Leu Ile Ala Lys Pro Lys
625                 630                 635                 640
Gln Ile Tyr Cys Tyr Leu Gln Arg Ile Gly Ile Gly Leu Ser Pro Ala
                645                 650                 655
Met Ser Tyr Ser Ala Leu Val Thr Lys Thr Asn Arg Ile Ala Arg Ile
            660                 665                 670
Leu Ala Gly Ser Lys Lys Lys Ile Cys Thr Lys Lys Pro Arg Phe Met
        675                 680                 685
Ser Ala Cys Ala Gln Leu Val Ile Ala Phe Ile Leu Ile Cys Ile Gln
    690                 695                 700
Leu Gly Ile Ile Val Ala Leu Phe Ile Met Glu Pro Pro Asp Ile Met
705                 710                 715                 720
His Asp Tyr Pro Ser Ile Arg Glu Val Tyr Leu Ile Cys Asn Thr Thr
                725                 730                 735
Asn Leu Gly Val Val Thr Pro Leu Gly Tyr Asn Gly Leu Leu Ile Leu
            740                 745                 750
Ser Cys Thr Phe Tyr Ala Phe Lys Thr Arg Asn Val Pro Ala Asn Phe
        755                 760                 765
Asn Glu Ala Lys Tyr Ile Ala Phe Thr Met Tyr Thr Thr Cys Ile Ile
    770                 775                 780
Trp Leu Ala Phe Val Pro Ile Tyr Phe Gly Ser Asn Tyr Lys Ile Ile
785                 790                 795                 800
Thr Met Cys Phe Ser Val Ser Leu Ser Ala Thr Val Ala Leu Gly Cys
                805                 810                 815
Met Phe Val Pro Lys Val Tyr Ile Ile Leu Ala Lys Pro Glu Arg Asn
            820                 825                 830
Val Arg Ser Ala Phe Thr Thr Ser Thr Val Val Arg Met His Val Gly
        835                 840                 845
Asp Gly Lys Ser Ser Ser Ala Ala Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Leu Val Asn
    850                 855                 860
Leu Trp Lys Arg Arg Gly Ser Ser Gly Glu Thr Leu Arg Tyr Lys Asp
865                 870                 875                 880
Arg Arg Leu Ala Gln His Lys Ser Glu Ile Glu Cys Phe Thr Pro Lys
                885                 890                 895
Gly Ser Met Gly Asn Gly Gly Arg Ala Thr Met Ser Ser Ser Asn Gly
            900                 905                 910
Lys Ser Val Thr Trp Ala Gln Asn Glu Lys Ser Ser Arg Gly Gln His
        915                 920                 925
Leu Trp Gln Arg Leu Ser Ile His Ile Asn Lys Lys Glu Asn Pro Asn
    930                 935                 940
Gln Thr Ala Val Ile Lys Pro Phe Pro Lys Ser Thr Glu Ser Arg Gly
945                 950                 955                 960
Leu Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Gly Ser Ala Gly Gly Val Gly Ala
                965                 970                 975
Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly Cys Ala Gly Ala Gly Pro Gly Gly Pro Glu Ser
            980                 985                 990
Pro Asp Ala Gly Pro Lys Ala Leu Tyr Asp Val Ala Glu Ala Glu Glu
        995                 1000                1005
His Phe Pro Ala Pro Ala Arg Pro Arg Ser Pro Ser Pro Ile Ser Thr
    1010                1015                1020
Leu Ser His Arg Ala Gly Ser Ala Ser Arg Thr Asp Asp Asp Val Pro
1025                1030                1035                1040
Ser Leu His Ser Glu Pro Val Ala Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Gln Gly Ser
                1045                1050                1055
Leu Met Glu Gln Ile Ser Ser Val Val Thr Arg Phe Thr Ala Asn Ile
            1060                1065                1070
Ser Glu Leu Asn Ser Met Met Leu Ser Thr Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Gly
        1075                1080                1085
Val Gly Ala Pro Leu Cys Ser Ser Tyr Leu Ile Pro Lys Glu Ile Gln
    1090                1095                1100
Leu Pro Thr Thr Met Thr Thr Phe Ala Glu Ile Gln Pro Leu Pro Ala
1105                1110                1115                1120
Ile Glu Val Thr Gly Gly Ala Gln Pro Ala Ala Gly Ala Gln Ala Ala
                1125                1130                1135
Gly Asp Ala Ala Arg Glu Ser Pro Ala Ala Gly Pro Glu Ala Ala Ala
            1140                1145                1150
Ala Lys Pro Asp Leu Glu Glu Leu Val Ala Leu Thr Pro Pro Ser Pro
        1155                1160                1165
Phe Arg Asp Ser Val Asp Ser Gly Ser Thr Thr Pro Asn Ser Pro Val
    1170                1175                1180
Ser Glu Ser Ala Leu Cys Ile Pro Ser Ser Pro Lys Tyr Asp Thr Leu
1185                1190                1195                1200
Ile Ile Arg Asp Tyr Thr Gln Ser Ser Ser Pro Leu
                1205                1210 
           
           
             
               4303 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             
               mRNA 
             
             
               unknown 
             
             6
GUGAUACAGA CCAGUGAGAA GGCAGCUUCU CCUUUUCACC UUCUUCUCCA UUCGCUACAU     60
GGGAUUUUAU UGUUCAGAGU UUCUCAGGAC AAAGCUAGAG CUAAUUUGUG UCUCUAAUCC    120
UGGGCACUGG CCAUUUGAAG CAGCCAAAGG UGCAUUGACC AGGACUACGU GCAGCCCUUC    180
CUCCAGUGGG ACAUAAGCAG GGGUUUUCUG UGGAAGUCUU AGUUGCAUGA CAUUCUACUG    240
UCAGCUGUGG AGUGUUCAGG UUUAGAAGAU CAUGACCACA UGGAUCAUCU AACUAAAUGG    300
UACAUGGGGA CAAAAUGGUC CUUUAGAAAA UACAUCUGAA UUGCUGGCUA AUUUCUUGAU    360
UUGCGACUCA ACGUAGGACA UCGCUUGUUC GUAGCUAUCA GAACCCUCCU GAAUUCUCCC    420
CACCUUGCUA UCUUUAUUGG CUUGAACUCC UUUCCUAAAA UGGUCCUUCU GUUGAUCCUG    480
UCAGUCUUAC UUUUGAAAGA AGAUGUCCGU GGGAGUGCAC AGUCCAGUGA GAGGAGGGUG    540
GUGGCUCACA UGCCGGGUGA CAUCAUUAUU GGAGCUCUCU UUUCUGUUCA UCACCAGCCU    600
ACUGUGGACA AAGUUCAUGA GAGGAAGUGU GGGGCGGUCC GUGAACAGUA UGGCAUUCAG    660
AGAGUGGAGG CCAUGCUGCA UACCCUGGAA AGGAUCAAUU CAGACCCCAC ACUCUUGCCC    720
AACAUCACAC UGGGCUGUGA GAUAAGGGAC UCCUGCUGGC AUUCGGCUGU GGCCCUAGAG    780
CAGAGCAUUG AGUUCAUAAG AGAUUCCCUC AUUUCUUCAG AAGAGGAAGA AGGCUUGGUA    840
CGCUGUGUGG AUGGCUCCUC CUCUUCCUUC CGCUCCAAGA AGCCCAUAGU AGGGGUCAUU    900
GGGCCUGGCU CCAGUUCUGU AGCCAUUCAG GUCCAGAAUU UGCUCCAGCU UUUCAACAUA    960
CCUCAGAUUG CUUACUCAGC AACCAGCAUG GAUCUGAGUG ACAAGACUCU GUUCAAAUAU   1020
UUCAUGAGGG UUGUGCCUUC AGAUGCUCAG CAGGCAAGGG CCAUGGUGGA CAUAGUGAAG   1080
AGGUACAACU GGACCUAUGU AUCAGCCGUG CACACAGAAG GCAACUAUGG AGAAAGUGGG   1140
AUGGAAGCCU UCAAAGAUAU GUCAGCGAAG GAAGGGAUUU GCAUCGCCCA CUCUUACAAA   1200
AUCUACAGUA AUGCAGGGGA GCAGAGCUUU GAUAAGCUGC UGAAGAAGCU CACAAGUCAC   1260
UUGCCCAAGG CCCGGGUGGU GGCCUGCUUC UGUGAGGGCA UGACGGUGAG AGGUCUGCUG   1320
AUGGCCAUGA GGCGCCUGGG UCUAGCGGGA GAAUUUCUGC UUCUGGGCAG UGAUGGCUGG   1380
GCUGACAGGU AUGAUGUGAC AGAUGGAUAU CAGCGAGAAG CUGUUGGUGG CAUCACAAUC   1440
AAGCUCCAAU CUCCCGAUGU CAAGUGGUUU GAUGAUUAUU AUCUGAAGCU CCGGCCAGAA   1500
ACAAACCACC GAAACCCUUG GUUUCAAGAA UUUUGGCAGC AUCGUUUUCA GUGCCGACUG   1560
GAAGGGUUUC CACAGGAGAA CAGCAAAUAC AACAAGACUU GCAAUAGUUC UCUGACUCUG   1620
AAAACACAUC AUGUUCAGGA UUCCAAAAUG GGAUUUGUGA UCAACGCCAU CUAUUCGAUG   1680
GCCUAUGGGC UCCACAACAU GCAGAUGUCC CUCUGCCCAG GCUAUGCAGG ACUCUGUGAU   1740
GCCAUGAAGC CAAUUGAUGG ACGGAAACUU UUGGAGUCCC UGAUGAAAAC CAAUUUUACU   1800
GGGGUUUCUG GAGAUACGAU CCUAUUCGAU GAGAAUGGAG ACUCUCCAGG AAGGUAUGAA   1860
AUAAUGAAUU UCAAGGAAAU GGGAAAAGAU UACUUUGAUU AUAUCAACGU UGGAAGUUGG   1920
GACAAUGGAG AAUUAAAAAU GGAUGAUGAU GAAGUAUGGU CCAAGAAAAG CAACAUCAUC   1980
AGAUCUGUGU GCAGUGAACC AUGUGAGAAA GGCCAGAUCA AGGUGAUCCG AAAGGGAGAA   2040
GUCAGCUGUU GUUGGACCUG UACACCUUGU AAGGAGAAUG AGUAUGUCUU UGAUGAGUAC   2100
ACAUGCAAGG CAUGCCAACU GGGGUCUUGG CCCACUGAUG AUCUCACAGG UUGUGACUUG   2160
AUCCCAGUAC AGUAUCUUCG AUGGGGUGAC CCUGAACCCA UUGCAGCUGU GGUGUUUGCC   2220
UGCCUUGGCC UCCUGGCCAC CCUGUUUGUU ACUGUAGUCU UCAUCAUUUA CCGUGAUACA   2280
CCAGUAGUCA AGUCCUCAAG CAGGGAACUC UGCUACAUUA UCCUUGCUGG CAUCUGCCUG   2340
GGCUACUUAU GUACCUUCUG CCUCAUUGCG AAGCCCAAAC AGAUUUACUG CUACCUUCAG   2400
AGAAUUGGCA UUGGUCUCUC CCCAGCCAUG AGCUACUCAG CCCUUGUAAC AAAGACCAAC   2460
CGUAUUGCAA GGAUCCUGGC UGGCAGCAAG AAGAAGAUCU GUACCAAAAA GCCCAGAUUC   2520
AUGAGUGCCU GUGCCCAGCU AGUGAUUGCU UUCAUUCUCA UAUGCAUCCA GUUGGGCAUC   2580
AUCGUUGCCC UCUUUAUAAU GGAGCCUCCU GACAUAAUGC AUGACUACCC AAGCAUUCGA   2640
GAAGUCUACC UGAUCUGUAA CACCACCAAC CUAGGAGUUG UCACUCCACU UGGAUACAAU   2700
GGAUUGUUGA UUUUGAGCUG CACCUUCUAU GCGUUCAAGA CCAGAAAUGU UCCAGCUAAC   2760
UUCAACGAGG CCAAGUAUAU CGCCUUCACA AUGUACACGA CCUGCAUUAU AUGGCUAGCU   2820
UUUGUGCCAA UCUACUUUGG CAGCAACUAC AAAAUCAUCA CCAUGUGUUU CUCGGUCAGC   2880
CUCAGUGCCA CAGUGGCCCU AGGCUGCAUG UUUGUGCCGA AGGUGUACAU CAUCCUGGCC   2940
AAACCAGAGA GAAACGUGCG CAGCGCCUUC ACCACAUCUA CCGUGGUGCG CAUGCAUGUA   3000
GGGGAUGGCA AGUCAUCCUC CGCAGCCAGC AGAUCCAGCA GCCUAGUCAA CCUGUGGAAG   3060
AGAAGGGGCU CCUCUGGGGA AACCUUAAGG UACAAAGACA GGAGACUGGC CCAGCACAAG   3120
UCGGAAAUAG AGUGUUUCAC CCCCAAAGGG AGUAUGGGGA AUGGUGGGAG AGCAACAAUG   3180
AGCAGUUCCA AUGGAAAAUC CGUCACGUGG GCCCAGAAUG AGAAGAGCAG CCGGGGGCAG   3240
CACCUGUGGC AGCGCCUGUC CAUCCACAUC AACAAGAAAG AAAACCCCAA CCAAACGGCC   3300
GUCAUCAAGC CCUUCCCCAA GAGCACGGAG AGCCGUGGCC UGGGCGCUGG CGCUGGCGCA   3360
GGCGGGAGCG CUGGGGGCGU GGGGGCCACG GGCGGUGCGG GCUGCGCAGG CGCCGGCCCA   3420
GGCGGGCCCG AGUCCCCAGA CGCCGGCCCC AAGGCGCUGU AUGAUGUGGC CGAGGCUGAG   3480
GAGCACUUCC CGGCGCCCGC GCGGCCGCGC UCACCGUCGC CCAUCAGCAC GCUGAGCCAC   3540
CGCGCGGGCU CGGCCAGCCG CACGGACGAC GAUGUGCCGU CGCUGCACUC GGAGCCUGUG   3600
GCGCGCAGCA GCUCCUCGCA GGGCUCCCUC AUGGAGCAGA UCAGCAGUGU GGUCACCCGC   3660
UUCACGGCCA ACAUCAGCGA GCUCAACUCC AUGAUGCUGU CCACCGCGGC CCCCAGCCCC   3720
GGCGUCGGCG CCCCGCUCUG CUCGUCCUAC CUGAUCCCCA AAGAGAUCCA GUUGCCCACG   3780
ACCAUGACGA CCUUUGCCGA AAUCCAGCCU CUGCCGGCCA UCGAAGUCAC GGGCGGCGCG   3840
CAGCCCGCGG CAGGGGCGCA GGCGGCUGGG GACGCGGCCC GGGAGAGCCC CGCGGCCGGU   3900
CCCGAGGCUG CGGCCGCCAA GCCAGACCUG GAGGAGCUGG UGGCUCUCAC CCCGCCGUCC   3960
CCCUUCAGAG ACUCGGUGGA CUCGGGGAGC ACAACCCCCA ACUCGCCAGU GUCCGAGUCG   4020
GCCCUCUGUA UCCCGUCGUC UCCCAAAUAU GACACUCUUA UCAUAAGAGA UUACACUCAG   4080
AGCUCCUCGC CGCUGUGAAU GUCCCUGGAA AGCACGCCGG CCUGCGCGUG CGGAGCGGAG   4140
CCCCCCGUGU UCACACACAC ACAAUGGCAA GCAUAGCCGC CUGGUUACGG CCCAGGGGGA   4200
AGGUGCCAAG GGCACCCCUU UAUGGAAACA CGAGAUCAGU AGCGCUAUCU CAUGACAACC   4260
CACGAAGAAA CCGACGACAA AUCUCGCGGC AGAUUUUCUU CUA                     4303