Patent Application: US-4044498-A

Abstract:
a transport protein has been cloned which is present in liver epithelial cells and kidney epithelial cells and in intestinal cells and is responsible for transporting cationic pharmaceuticals and / or xenobiotics . this transport protein has been described more specifically by its dna and amino acid sequences , and various uses are disclosed which are , in particular , of great importance for developing novel medicaments .

Description:
the nature of the present invention is explained in more detail with the aid of the following examples which are not , however , intended to limit the invention . in order to clone the genes encoding the transport protein , blunt - ended double - stranded cdna was firstly prepared from rat kidney poly ( a ) + rna using a noti oligo ( dt ) primer for synthesizing the first strand . once ecori adaptors containing an sp6 rna polymerase promoter had been attached to the cdna , the latter was digested with noti and the resulting fragments were size - fractionated ( 1 . 5 to 2 . 3 kb ) and inserted into the ecori restriction site of the vector pbluescript ( stratagene ); the recombinant vector was then electroporated into the e . coli strain dh10b . the plasmid dna was isolated from pools of transformants , linearized with noti and transcribed using the sp6 rna polymerase . the crna was purified by means of poly ( a ) + selection and injected at a concentration of from 20 to 40 ng per oocyte . the oocytes were incubated and the nmn - inhibitable 14 c - tea uptake was measured . using a targeted screening method , a single clone , containing the gene encoding a kidney cation transporter , was isolated from the gene library . it was only possible to isolate this clone after having optimized and partially modified the methods which were used . in order to sequence the identified dna , overlapping restriction fragments of oct1 were subcloned and completely sequenced on both strands . the oct1 gene , which was isolated from a rat kidney gene bank and which comprised a cdna fragment of 1882 base pairs in length , was expressed in xenopus laevis oocytes . for this purpose , the oocytes were incubated , following rna injection , for three days in 5 mm hepes - tris buffer , ph 7 . 5 , 110 mm nacl , 3 mm kcl , 2 mm cacl 2 , 1 mm mgcl 2 ( designated ori in that which follows ). transport was measured by incubating the oocytes with 14 c - tea ( tetraethylammonium ) which was dissolved in ori ( 22 ° c .). furthermore , experiments were carried out using differing concentrations of na + and k + , as were experiments in the presence of ba ++ , at different ph values and in the presence of different inhibitors . since , at the 14 c - tea concentrations used , the uptake brought about by expressed oct1 protein was linear in ori buffer for more than 90 minutes , the uptake rates were determined after 90 minutes of incubation . when measurements were made with altered concentrations of na + , k + and h + and in the presence of inhibitors , the oocytes were firstly incubated for 30 minutes under the appropriate buffer conditions and the uptake rates were then determined during a 30 - minute period of incubation with 14 c - tea . following the incubation with 14 c - tea , the uptake was terminated and the oocytes were washed and examined for the amount of radioactivity they had taken up . thus , the 1882 base pair cdna fragment was expressed using xenopus laevis oocytes ( as described above ); the oct1 protein which was expressed in this way induced an uptake of 14 c - tetraethylammonium ( 14 c - tea ) which nmn ( n 1 - methylnicotinamide ) was able to inhibit , with the uptake being more than 250 times the values obtained in controls in which the oocytes were injected with water . the results are depicted graphically in fig1 a . the cloned oct1 cdna contains an open reading frame which encodes a membrane protein having 556 amino acids . the amino acid sequence is depicted in fig2 a 1 ( seq id no : 1 ). it exhibits no similarities to the proteins in data banks . the expression of 14 c - tea uptake depended on the quantity of oct1 crna that was injected . these results are presented fig1 b . the crna - dependence of the expressed uptake could be described by the hill equation in which n = approximately 2 . the substance dependence of the 14 c - tea uptake elicited by the oct1 transport protein followed the michaelis menten equation . these results are depicted in fig1 c . the estimated k m value of 95 ± μm was similar to the k m value ( 160 μm ) for cation transport through the basolateral membrane of rat proximal renal tubules which was determined in earlier experiments . it was 14 times lower than the apparent k m value for the polyspecific h + cation antiporter in the brush border membrane of rat proximal renal tubules . in order to establish , in addition , whether the oct1 transport protein represented the potential - dependent polyspecific cation transport system from the basolateral membrane or the potential - independent polyspecific h + cation antiport system of the brush border membrane , tests were carried out to determine whether the uptake elicited by the oct1 transport protein was dependent on the membrane potential or on a protein gradient across the membrane . the ability of different inhibitors to inhibit the expressed 14 c - tea uptake was also investigated . fig1 d and 1e demonstrate that while the uptake of 14 c - tea mediated by the oct1 transport protein is dependent on the membrane potential , it is not altered appreciably when an inwardly directed or outwardly directed proton gradient of one ph unit is applied . the oct1 transport protein therefore has the same basic characteristics as the cation transport measured across the basolateral membrane of the proximal renal tubules . fig1 f and table 1 demonstrate that the uptake of 14 c - tea brought about by oct1 is inhibited by organic cations of differing molecular structure . these structures include several frequently used pharmaceuticals such as quinine , desipramine , procainamide and o - methylisoprenaline . the estimated k i values lie between 0 . 13 μm for 1 - ethyl - 2 ([ 1 , 4 - dimethyl - 2 - phenyl - 6 - pyrimidinylidene ] methyl ) quinolinium chloride ( cyanin 863 ) and 1 mm for tetramethylammonium ( tma ). table 1______________________________________ inhibitor k . sub . i ( μm ) ______________________________________cyanine 863 0 . 13 ± 0 . 02 decynium 22 0 . 36 ± 0 . 08 tetrapentylammonium 0 . 43 ± 0 . 09 quinine 0 . 93 ± 0 . 08 desipramine 2 . 8 ± 0 . 6 mepiperphenidol 5 . 2 ± 0 . 3 procainamide 13 ± 2 1 - methyl - 4 - phenylpyridinium 13 ± 2 corticosterone & gt ; 10 reserpine & gt ; 20 o - methylisoprenaline 43 ± 5 tetramethylammonium 1000 ± 100 n . sup . 1 - methylnicotinamide 1000 ± 200______________________________________ table 1 shows the sensitivity of 14 c - tea uptake in xenopus laevis oocytes which were injected with the crna of the oct1 renal transport protein . when carrying out the inhibition experiments , the xenopus laevis oocytes were injected with 5 ng of oct1 crna and the effects of from 5 to 8 different concentrations of the inhibitors listed in table 1 on the 95 μm uptake into the oocytes were measured . the values were also given in fig1 f . the inhibition curves were fitted by non - linear regression analysis and the k i values (± sd ) were determined . in contrast to the previously known polyspecific transport protein , the so - called multidrug transporter , which is only inhibited by hydrophobic substances , the novel oct1 transport protein was also inhibited by hydrophilic compounds such as tma and nmn . desipramine inhibited the transport elicited by oct1 with a k i value which was 700 fold greater than that with which it inhibited neuronal noradrenalin transport in plasma membranes of nerve cells . 5 μm reserpine has no effect on oct1 - elicited transport whereas the neuronal monoamine transport protein in synaptic vesicles is inhibited by sub - nanomolar concentrations of reserpine . it was possible to confirm that the oct1 transport protein was identical to the basolateral cationic transport protein by comparing the oct1 k i values with functional data which had previously been obtained from membrane vesicles and from measurements using cultured kidney epithelial cells . in making such a comparison , consideration has to be given to the species - dependent differences in cation transport and to the methodological limitations of the different methods for measuring inhibition of cation transport . in previous investigations , cation transport in rat kidneys was determined by microperfusion experiments which have to be carried out using short incubation times ( 4 seconds ). since it is not possible to use this method to determine diffusion - independent k i values for high - affinity inhibitors , we have restricted ourselves to comparing low - affinity inhibitors . in a comparison of the low - affinity inhibitors tma and nmn , we found that the k i values for the oct1 - expressed transport protein ( approximately 1 mm ) correspond to the k i values ( tma 1 . 4 mm and nmn 0 . 54 mm ) which were measured for the basolateral uptake of tea into rat proximal renal tubules . they clearly differ from the k i values ( tma 70 mm and nmn 8 . 3 nm ) which were determined for the luminal uptake of tea . additional support for the basolateral location of oct1 is provided by the k i value ( 0 . 4 μm ) which was obtained for the inhibition of oct1 - elicited uptake by 1 , 1 &# 39 ;- diethyl - 2 , 2 &# 39 ;- cyanine iodide ( decynium 22 ). in llc - pk1 cells , a k i value of 5 . 6 nm was determined for the transport of tea across the luminal membrane whereas the k i value for the transport of tea across the basolateral membrane was estimated to be & gt ; 0 . 1 μm . in order to characterize the oct1 transport protein further , tests were carried out to determine whether mpp , which has an approximately 10 fold greater affinity than does tea , is likewise transported by oct1 . following the injection of 8 ng of oct1 crna into oocytes , a specific uptake of 3 h - mpp was expressed which was inhibited by quinine . similar v max values for the expressed uptake of 14 c - tea ( 148 ± 4 pmol × oocytes - 1 × h - 1 ) and 3 h - mpp ( 97 ± 5 pmol × oocytes - 1 × h - 1 ) were determined in a sample of oocytes . the existence of polyspecific cation transporters in liver cells has been reported . the uptake of mpp into cultured hepatocytes has recently been measured . in this context , it was found possible to inhibit approximately 90 % of the mpp uptake using the same inhibitors which inhibit cation transport expressed by oct1 . the k i values which were determined for mpp uptake in hepatocytes ( o - methylisoprenaline 78 μm , mpp 13 μm , quinine 0 . 8 μm , decynium 22 0 . 23 μm and cyanine 863 0 . 10 μm ) were virtually identical to the values which were obtained for the uptake of tea by the oct1 protein expressed by xenopus oocytes . these data suggest that the oct1 transport protein , or a highly homologous transport protein , is present in the plasma membrane of hepatocytes . the nucleotide sequence and the amino acid sequence of oct1 are depicted in fig2 a 1 ( seq id no : 4 and seq id no : 1 , respectively ). stop codons and a translation initiation site of the kozak type ( acgccatg ) are to be found upstream of the open reading frame . analysis of the hydrophilicity / hydrophobicity of oct1 identified 11 hydrophobic α - helical regions which probably traverse the membrane . the hydrophobicity / hydrophilicity indices are presented in fig2 b . the putative membrane - spanning regions are from 17 to 27 amino acids in length . they are linked to each other by one long , two medium - length and seven short hydrophilic regions . since three potential n - glycolisation sites were predicted on the hydrophilic region between the first two membrane - traversing protein regions , the oct1 orientation depicted in fig2 c has been proposed . the first hydrophilic region contains 14 negatively - charged amino acids which can be of importance for the binding of cations to oct1 . various rat tissues and some cell lines were analyzed for the localisation of oct1 transport protein - specific mrna using so - called northern blots . for this purpose , the total rna was isolated by the the guanidinium / phenol / chloroform method and the mrna was purified by means of oligo ( dt )- cellulose chromatography . the mrna was fractionated by formaldehyde agarose gel electrophoresis , transferred to a hybond - n membrane ( amersham ) and then hybridized . for this , 5 μg of mrna from the rat cells and from the cell line 293 , and 1 . 5 μg of mrna from the cell lines caki - 1 and llc - pki1 , were loaded onto the formaldehyde agarose gel . the hybridization was carried out using a 32 p - labeled cdna fragment of the novel dna sequence from plasmid poct1 ( nucleotides 285 to 1196 were used ). the hybridization was carried out in hybridization solution ( 50 % formamide , 5 × sspe , 5 × denhardt &# 39 ; s solution , 0 . 5 % sds and 20 μg of salmon sperm dna ) at 42 ° c . for 18 hours . the membrane was washed in several steps to a final stringency of 0 . 25 × sspe , 0 . 1 % sds at 60 ° c . to display the results for cell line llc - pk1 , the film was exposed for 24 hours , and the film was exposed for 6 hours for the other tracks . an rna standard ( 0 . 14 to 9 . 5 kilobase range from gibco / brl ) was used to determine the size of the rna fragments . the sizes are given in fig3 . the autoradiograph obtained from the northern blot analysis is depicted in fig3 . distinct bands at 1 . 9 kilobases and additional bands at 3 . 4 and 4 . 8 kilobases were observed in the case of the renal cortex , the renal medulla , the liver and the intestine . in cell line llc - pk1 , hybridization was only observed in the 3 . 4 kilobase region . by contrast , no oct1 signals were observed in renal papilla , in skeletal muscle , in cardiac muscle , in the brain , or in the human embryonic kidney cell line 293 and in caki - 1 cells . since cardiac and caki - 1 cells contain the extraneuronal noradrenalin transport protein , which is probably identical to the h + cation antiport protein on luminal kidney membranes , the cation transport proteins in the basolateral and luminal membranes of the proximal renal tubules probably belong to different genetic families . in - situ hybridizations indicated that the oct1 transport protein is expressed in the proximal renal tubules , in the epithelial cells of the liver and in the enterocytes of the small intestine . the above examples demonstrate that a novel and unique protein has been cloned which plays an important role in eliminating cationic pharmaceuticals from the kidney and liver . this protein is presumably also involved in the absorption of cationic compounds from the intestine . although cation transport and the excretion of pharmaceuticals have been intensively investigated for more than 30 years , it has only been possible in the past to make minor advances . the reason for this is that excretion of pharmaceuticals from the liver and kidneys includes transport across the basolateral and the luminal plasma membranes of the epithelial cells and that these transport processes are brought about by functionally different cation transport proteins . in addition to this , the possibility cannot be excluded that different cation transport proteins with similar substrate specificities are present in both the luminal and the basolateral renal membranes . one type of cation transport protein has been identified as a result of cloning the novel oct1 transport protein . this has opened up many options for further research into the excretion of cationic pharmaceuticals . using the techniques described in the present application , it has been found possible to clone two human genes which are homologous with oct1 and to sequence them completely or partially , respectively . the completely sequenced gene ( hoct1 ) is composed of 1885 bases ( seq id no : 5 ) and encodes a protein of 553 amino acids ( seq id no : 2 ). it is depicted in fig2 a 2 . there is 78 % identity between the amino acids of oct1 and hoct1 . the second human gene ( hoct2 ) is composed of 1896 bases ( seq id no : 6 ) and encodes a protein of 555 amino acids ( seq id no : 3 ). the nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence of hoct2 are depicted in fig2 a 3 . there is 68 % identity between the amino acids of oct1 and hoct2 . fig1 shows the expression of oct1 in xenopus laevis oocytes . the rates of 14 - tea uptake which are indicated represent the mean values of from 10 to 20 measurement s i standard deviation . fig1 a shows a comparison of the nmn - inhibited uptake of 14 c - tea which was observed after injecting water , 20 ng of rat kidney mrna or 10 ng of oct1 crna . the concentrations of 14 c - tea and nmn in the incubation media were 200 μm and 10 mm , respectively . fig1 b shows the rates of uptake of 200 μm 14 c - tea after injecting different quantities of oct1 crna . the curve was computed after fitting the hill equation to the resulting data ( n = 1 . 9 ± 0 . 2 ). fig1 c shows the substrate - dependence of the 14 c - tea uptake which was expressed following the injection of 3 ng of oct1 crna per oocyte . the continuous line shows the total uptake which contains a saturable component and a linear component which was determined in control oocytes injected with water . the linear component was fitted by means of linear regression ( dashed line , 30 fmol × h - 1 × oocyte - 1 × μm - 1 ). the saturable component was fitted using the michaelis menten equation ( k m 95 ± 10 μm , v max 81 ± 5 pmol × h - 1 × oocyte - 1 ). the unbroken line was computed by fitting to an equation which contains both components . fig1 d shows the dependence on potential of the 14 c - tea uptake in oocytes which were injected with 3 ng of oct1 crna . the uptake of 95 μm 14 c - tea was measured in the presence of the given concentrations of na + , k + and ba 2 + . under these conditions , the membrane potentials were between - 40 and - 60 mv ( 100 mm na + and 3 mm k + ), from 0 to - 10 mv ( 1 mm na + and 102 mm k + ) and between - 18 and - 22 mv ( 100 mm na + , 3 mm k + and 10 mm ba 2 + ). fig1 e shows the uptake of 95 μm 14 c - tea in the presence and absence of proton gradients in oocytes which were injected with 3 ng of oct1 - crna . in order to prevent proton gradient - induced changes in the membrane potential , which would alter the uptake of 14 c - tea , the measurements were carried out in the presence of 102 mm k + and 1 mm na + in the incubation medium . this resulted in the membrane potential being brought to approximately 0 mv . ph measurements using microelectrodes indicated that the ph changed by less than 0 . 1 unit during the 30 - minute uptake period . fig1 f shows the inhibition of oct1 - elicited 14 c - tea uptake by decynium 22 (∘), quinine ( δ ), desipramine (□), procainamide ), o - methylisoprenaline (⋄) and tetramethylammonium (♦). the oocytes were injected with 5 ng of oct1 - crna and the measurements were carried out using 95 μm 14 c - tea . fig2 a 1 shows the nucleotide sequence of oct1 ( seq id no : 4 ) and the amino acid sequence ( seq id no : 1 ) deduced from it . the putative transmembrane regions have been underlined and potential n - glycosylation sites of the nxt / s type are indicated by asterisks . fig2 a 2 shows the nucleotide ( seq id no : 5 ) and amino acid ( seq id no : 2 ) sequences of an homologous human kidney gene ( hoct1 ). the gene fragment which is depicted encompasses 1885 bases and encodes 553 amino acids . fig2 a 3 shows a nucleotide sequence ( seq id no : 6 ) and an amino acid sequence ( seq id no : 3 ) of a second homologous human kidney gene ( hoct2 ). the gene fragment depicted encompasses 1856 bases and encodes 555 amino acids . fig2 b shows a kyte / doolittle hydrophobicity / hydrophilicity analysis of oct1 using a window of 9 amino acids . the putative transmembrane regions are numbered 1 to 11 . fig2 c shows a diagrammatic representation of oct1 . the amino acid residues arg , lys and his are indicated by plus signs and the amino acid residues glu and asp by minus signs . potential glycosylation sites in the first hydrophilic loop have been identified . fig3 shows the location of oct1 - specific mrna in various rat tissues and in some cell lines . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - - - - ( 1 ) general information : - - ( iii ) number of sequences : 6 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 556 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : - - met pro thr val asp asp val leu glu gln va - # l gly glu phe glytrp 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - phe gln lys gln ala phe leu leu leu cys le - # u ile ser ala ser leu 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - ala pro ile tyr val gly ile val phe leu gl - # y phe thr pro gly his 35 - # 40 - # 45 - - tyr cys gln asn pro gly val ala glu leu se - # r gln arg cys gly trp50 - # 55 - # 60 - - ser gln ala glu glu leu asn tyr thr val pr - # o gly leu gly pro ser 65 - # 70 - # 75 - # 80 - - asp glu ala ser phe leu ser gln cys met ar - # g tyr glu val asp trp 85 - # 90 - # 95 - - asn gln ser thr leu asp cys val asp pro le - # u ser ser leu val ala 100 - # 105 - # 110 - - asn arg ser gln leu pro leu gly pro cys gl - # u his gly trp val tyr 115 - # 120 - # 125 - - asp thr pro gly ser ser ile val thr glu ph - # e asn leu val cys gly130 - # 135 - # 140 - - asp ala trp lys val asp leu phe gln ser cy - # s val asn leu gly phe 145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - - phe leu gly ser leu val val gly tyr ile al - # a asp arg phe glyarg 165 - # 170 - # 175 - - lys leu cys leu leu val thr thr leu val th - # r ser val ser gly val 180 - # 185 - # 190 - - leu thr ala val ala pro asp tyr thr ser me - # t leu leu phe arg leu 195 - # 200 - # 205 - - leu gln gly met val ser lys gly ser trp va - # l ser gly tyr thr leu210 - # 215 - # 220 - - ile thr glu phe val gly ser gly tyr arg ar - # g thr thr ala ile leu 225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - - tyr gln met ala phe thr val gly leu val gl - # y leu ala gly valala 245 - # 250 - # 255 - - tyr ala ile pro asp trp arg trp leu gln le - # u ala val ser leu pro 260 - # 265 - # 270 - - thr phe leu phe leu leu tyr tyr trp phe va - # l pro glu ser pro arg 275 - # 280 - # 285 - - trp leu leu ser gln lys arg thr thr arg al - # a val arg ile met glu290 - # 295 - # 300 - - gln ile ala gln lys asn gly lys val pro pr - # o ala asp leu lys met 305 3 - # 10 3 - # 15 3 -# 20 - - leu cys leu glu glu asp ala ser glu lys ar - # g ser pro ser pheala 325 - # 330 - # 335 - - asp leu phe arg thr pro asn leu arg lys hi - # s thr val ile leu met 340 - # 345 - # 350 - - tyr leu trp phe ser cys ala val leu tyr gl - # n gly leu ile met his 355 - # 360 - # 365 - - val gly ala thr gly ala asn leu tyr leu as - # p phe phe tyr ser ser370 - # 375 - # 380 - - leu val glu phe pro ala ala phe ile ile le - # u val thr ile asp arg 385 3 - # 90 3 - # 95 4 -# 00 - - ile gly arg ile tyr pro ile ala ala ser as - # n leu val thr glyala 405 - # 410 - # 415 - - ala cys leu leu met ile phe ile pro his gl - # u leu his trp leu asn 420 - # 425 - # 430 - - val thr leu ala cys leu gly arg met gly al - # a thr ile val leu glu 435 - # 440 - # 445 - - met val cys leu val asn ala glu leu tyr pr - # o thr phe ile arg asn450 - # 455 - # 460 - - leu gly met met val cys ser ala leu cys as - # p leu gly gly ile phe 465 4 - # 70 4 - # 75 4 -# 80 - - thr pro phe met val phe arg leu met glu va - # l trp gln ala leupro 485 - # 490 - # 495 - - leu ile leu phe gly val leu gly leu thr al - # a gly ala met thr leu 500 - # 505 - # 510 - - leu leu pro glu thr lys gly val ala leu pr - # o glu thr ile glu glu 515 - # 520 - # 525 - - ala glu asn leu gly arg arg lys ser lys al - # a lys glu asn thr ile530 - # 535 - # 540 - - tyr leu gln val gln thr gly lys ser ser se - # r thr 545 5 - # 50 5 - # 55 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 553 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : - - met pro thr val asp asp ile leu glu gln va - # l gly glu ser gly trp 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - phe gln lys gln ala phe leu ile leu cys le - # u leu ser ala ala phe 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - ala pro ile cys val gly ile val phe leu gl - # y phe thr pro asp his 35 - # 40 - # 45 - - his cys gln ser pro gly val ala glu leu se - # r gln arg cys gly trp50 - # 55 - # 60 - - ser pro ala glu glu leu asn tyr thr val pr - # o gly leu gly pro ala 65 - # 70 - # 75 - # 80 - - gly glu ala phe leu gly gln cys arg arg ty - # r glu val asp trp asn 85 - # 90 - # 95 - - gln ser ala leu ser cys val asp pro leu al - # a ser leu ala thr asn 100 - # 105 - # 110 - - arg ser his leu pro leu gly pro cys gln as - # p gly trp val tyr asp 115 - # 120 - # 125 - - thr pro gly ser ser ile val thr glu phe as - # n leu val cys ala asp130 - # 135 - # 140 - - ser trp lys leu asp leu phe gln ser cys le - # u asn ala gly phe phe 145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - - phe gly ser leu gly val gly tyr phe ala as - # p arg phe gly arglys 165 - # 170 - # 175 - - leu cys leu leu gly thr val leu val asn al - 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# n thr ile tyr leu lys530 - # 535 - # 540 - - val gln thr ser glu pro ser gly thr 545 5 - # 50 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 555 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : - - met pro thr thr val asp asp val leu glu hi - # s gly gly glu phe his 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - phe phe gln lys gln met phe phe leu leu al - # a leu leu ser ala thr 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - phe ala pro ile tyr val gly ile val phe le - # u gly phe thr pro asp 35 - # 40 - # 45 - - his arg cys arg ser pro gly val ala glu le - # u ser leu arg cys gly50 - # 55 - # 60 - - trp ser pro ala glu glu leu asn tyr thr va - # l pro gly pro gly pro 65 - # 70 - # 75 - # 80 - - ala gly glu ala ser pro arg gln cys arg ar - # g tyr glu val asp trp 85 - # 90 - # 95 - - asn gln ser thr phe asp cys val asp pro le - # u ala ser leu asp thr 100 - # 105 - # 110 - - asn arg ser arg leu pro leu gly pro cys ar - # g asp gly trp val tyr 115 - # 120 - # 125 - - glu thr pro gly ser ser ile val thr glu ph - # e asn leu val cys ala130 - # 135 - # 140 - - asn ser trp met leu asp leu phe gln ser se - # r val asn val gly phe 145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - - phe ile gly ser met ser ile gly tyr ile al - # a asp arg phe glyarg 165 - # 170 - # 175 - - lys leu cys leu leu thr thr val leu ile as - # n ala ala ala gly val 180 - # 185 - # 190 - - leu met ala ile ser pro thr tyr thr trp me - # t leu ile phe arg leu 195 - # 200 - # 205 - - ile gln gly leu val ser lys ala gly trp le - # u ile gly tyr ile leu210 - # 215 - # 220 - - ile thr glu phe val gly gly arg tyr arg ar - # g thr val gly ile phe 225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - - tyr gln val ala tyr thr val gly leu leu va - # l leu ala gly valala 245 - # 250 - # 255 - - tyr ala leu pro his trp arg trp leu gln ph - # e thr val ala leu pro 260 - # 265 - # 270 - - asn phe phe phe leu leu tyr tyr trp cys il - # e pro glu ser pro arg 275 - # 280 - # 285 - - trp leu ile ser gln asn lys asn ala glu al - # a met arg ile ile lys290 - # 295 - # 300 - - his ile ala lys lys asn gly lys ser leu pr - # o ala ser leu gln arg 305 3 - # 10 3 - # 15 3 -# 20 - - leu arg leu glu glu glu thr gly lys lys le - # u asn pro ser pheleu 325 - # 330 - # 335 - - asp leu val arg thr pro gln ile arg lys hi - # s thr met ile leu met 340 - # 345 - # 350 - - tyr asn trp phe thr ser ser val leu tyr gl - # n gly leu ile met his 355 - # 360 - # 365 - - met gly leu ala gly asp asn ile tyr leu as - # p phe phe tyr ser ala370 - # 375 - # 380 - - leu val glu phe pro ala ala phe met ile il - # e leu ile ile asp arg 385 3 - # 90 3 - # 95 4 -# 00 - - ile gly arg arg tyr pro trp ala ala ser as - # n met val ala glyala 405 - # 410 - # 415 - - ala cys leu ala ser val phe ile pro gly as - # p leu gln trp leu lys 420 - # 425 - # 430 - - ile ile ile ser cys leu gly arg met gly il - # e thr met ala tyr glu 435 - # 440 - # 445 - - ile val cys leu val asn ala glu leu tyr pr - # o thr phe ile arg asn450 - # 455 - # 460 - - leu gly val his ile cys ser ser met cys as - # p ile gly gly ile ile 465 4 - # 70 4 - # 75 4 -# 80 - - thr pro phe leu val tyr arg leu thr asn il - # e trp leu glu leupro 485 - # 490 - # 495 - - leu met val phe gly val leu gly leu val al - # a gly gly leu ala leu 500 - # 505 - # 510 - - leu leu pro glu thr lys gly lys ala leu pr - # o glu thr ile glu glu 515 - # 520 - # 525 - - ala glu asn met gln arg pro arg lys asn ly - # s glu lys met ile tyr530 - # 535 - # 540 - - leu gln val gln lys leu asp ile pro leu as - # n 545 5 - # 50 5 - # 55 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 1882 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic ) - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : - - gcaggcctgg ctaaactggt gagggcccta cccagccatg cccaccgtgg at -# gatgtcct 60 - - ggagcaagtt ggagagtttg gctggttcca gaaacaagcc ttcctgttgc ta -# tgcctgat 120 - - ctcagcttct ttagctccca tctatgtggg catcgtcttc ctgggcttca cc -# cctggaca 180 - - ttattgccag aatcctgggg tggctgagct gagccagcgg tgtggctgga gc -# caggcaga 240 - - ggagctgaac tacactgtgc cgggcctggg accttcggac gaggcctcct tc -# ctcagcca 300 - - gtgcatgagg tatgaggtgg actggaacca gagcaccctt gactgtgtgg ac -# ccactgtc 360 - - cagcctggtt gccaacagga gtcagttgcc attgggcccc tgcgagcatg gc -# tgggtata 420 - - cgacactccc ggctcctcca tcgtcactga gtttaacctg gtgtgtggag ac -# gcctggaa 480 - - agtggacctt tttcagtcct gtgtgaactt gggcttcttc ctgggctccc tg -# gttgtggg 540 - - ttacattgca gacaggtttg gccgtaagct ctgtctcttg gtgaccacgc tg -# gtcacatc 600 - - tgtgtccggt gtgctaacag cggtggcccc agactataca tccatgttgc tc -# tttcgcct 660 - - gctgcagggc atggtcagca agggcagctg ggtgtccggc tataccttga tc -# acagagtt 720 - - tgtcggctct ggctacagga gaacgacggc cattttgtac cagatggcct tc -# acagtggg 780 - - gctagtgggg cttgccgggg tggcctatgc cattccagac tggcgctggc tc -# cagctagc 840 - - tgtgtccctg cctaccttcc tcttcctgct gtattactgg tttgtcccag aa -# tccccccg 900 - - gtggctgttg tcccagaaga gaaccacgcg agctgtcagg ataatggagc aa -# attgcaca 960 - - gaagaacggg aaggtgcctc ctgctgacct gaagatgctc tgccttgagg ag -# gatgcctc 1020 - - agaaaagcga agtccttcgt ttgccgacct gttccgcact cccaacctga gg -# aagcacac 1080 - - cgtcatcctg atgtatctat ggttctcttg tgctgtgctg taccagggtc tc -# atcatgca 1140 - - cgtgggagcc acaggggcca acctctacct ggacttcttt tattcttctc tg -# gtggaatt 1200 - - ccccgcggcc ttcatcatcc tggtcaccat tgaccgcatt ggccgcatct ac -# ccaatagc 1260 - - ggcctcgaat ctggtgacgg gggcagcctg cctcctcatg atctttatcc cg -# catgagct 1320 - - gcactggttg aacgttaccc tcgcctgtct tggccgtatg ggggccacca tt -# gtgctgca 1380 - - gatggtctgc ctggtgaacg ctgagctgta ccctacattc atcaggaatc tt -# gggatgat 1440 - - ggattgctct gccctgtgtg acctgggtgg gatcttcacc cccttcatgg tg -# ttcaggct 1500 - - gatggaagtt tggcaagccc tgcccctcat tttgtttggg gttttgggcc tg -# actgctgg 1560 - - ggccatgact cttcttctcc cagagaccaa gggtgtggct ttgcctgaga ct -# attgaaga 1620 - - agcagagaac ctggggagga ggaaatcaaa ggccaaagaa aacacgattt ac -# cttcaggt 1680 - - ccaaacaggc aagtcctcaa gtacctgaca gggatgctgt gccaggagct ga -# gtggcaga 1740 - - gagaaaggag gacttgccac ttggaggatt cccagaagcc tttgcctttc ca -# gactcttg 1800 - - tatatatgca ccaggttcca aatgaactac caaccttaaa gacttttctg aa -# agcccaaa 1860 - - aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aa - # - # 1882 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 1885 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic ) - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : - - gagggagaca ttgcacctgg ccactgcagc ccagagcagg tctggccacg gc -# catgagca 60 - - tgctgagcca tcatgcccac cgtggatgac attctggagc aggttgggga gt -# ctggctgg 120 - - ttccagaagc aagccttcct catcttatgc ctgctgtcgg ctgcctttgc gc -# ccatctgt 180 - - gtgggcatcg tcttcctggg tttcacacct gaccaccact gccagagccc tg -# gggtggct 240 - - gagctgagcc agcgctgtgg ctggagccct gcggaggagc tgaactatac ag -# tgccaggc 300 - - ctggggcccg cgggcgaggc cttccttggc cagtgcaggc gctatgaagt gg -# actggaac 360 - - cagagcgccc tcagctgtgt agaccccctg gctagcctgg ccaccaacag ga -# gccacctg 420 - - ccgctgggtc cctgccagga tggctgggtg tatgacacgc ccggctcttc ca -# tcgtcact 480 - - gagttcaacc tggtgtgtgc tgactcctgg aagctggacc tctttcagtc ct -# gtttgaat 540 - - gcgggcttct tctttggctc tctcggtgtt ggctactttg cagacaggtt tg -# gccgtaag 600 - - ctgtgtctcc tgggaactgt gctggtcaac gcggtgtcgg gcgtgctcat gg -# ccttctcg 660 - - cccaactaca tgtccatgct gctcttccgc ctgctgcagg gcctggtcag ca -# agggcaac 720 - - tggatggctg gctacaccct aatcacagaa tttgttggct cgggctccag aa -# gaacggtg 780 - - gcgatcatgt accagatggc cttcacggtg gggctggtgg cgcttaccgg gc -# tggcctac 840 - - gccctgcctc actggcgctg gctgcagctg gcagtctccc tgcccacctt cc -# tcttcctg 900 - - ctctactact ggtgtgtgcc ggagtcccct cggtggctgt tatcacaaaa aa -# gaaacact 960 - - gaagcaataa agataatgga ccacatcgct caaaagaatg ggaagttgcc tc -# ctgctgat 1020 - - ttaaagatgc tttccctcga agaggatgtc accgaaaagc tgagcccttc at -# ttgcagac 1080 - - ctgttccgca cgccgcgcct gaggaagcgc accttcatcc tgatgtacct gt -# ggttcacg 1140 - - gactctgtgc tctatcaggg gctcatcctg cacatgggcg ccaccagcgg ga -# acctctac 1200 - - ctggatttcc tttactccgc tctggtcgaa atcccggggg ccttcatagc cc -# tcatcacc 1260 - - attgaccgcg tgggccgcat ctaccccatg gccgtgtcaa atttgttggc gg -# gggcagcc 1320 - - tgcctcgtca tttttatctc acctgacctg cactggttaa acatcataat ca -# tgtgtgtt 1380 - - ggccgaatgg gaatcaccat tgcaatacaa atgatctgcc tggtgaatgc tg -# agctgtac 1440 - - cccacattcg tcaggaacct cagagtgatg gtgtgttcct ccctgtgtga ca -# taggtggg 1500 - - ataatcaccc ccttcatagt cttcaggctg agggaggtct ggcaagcctt gc -# ccctcatt 1560 - - ttgtttgcgg tgttgggcct gcttgccgcg ggagtgacgc tacttcttcc ag -# agaccaag 1620 - - ggggacgctt tgccagagac catgaaggac gccgagaacc ttgggagaaa ag -# caaagccc 1680 - - aaagaaaaca cgatttacct taaggtccaa acctcagaac cctcgggcac ct -# gagagaga 1740 - - tgttttgcgg cgatgtcgtg ttggagggat gaagatggag ttatcctctg ca -# gaaattcc 1800 - - tagacgcctt cacttctctg tattcttcct catacttgcc tacccccaaa tt -# aatatcag 1860 - - tcctaaagaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaa - # - # 1885 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 1896 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic ) - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : - - ggccctgccc tgaaggctgg tcacttgcag aggtaaactc ccctctttga ct -# tctggcca 60 - - gggtttgtgc tgagctggct gcagccgctc tcagcctcgc tccgggcacg tc -# gggcagcc 120 - - tcgggccctc ctgcctgcag gatcatgccc accaccgtgg acgatgtcct gg -# agcatgga 180 - - ggggagtttc actttttcca gaagcaaatg tttttcctct tggctctgct ct -# cggctacc 240 - - ttcgcgccca tctacgtggg catcgtcttc ctgggcttca cccctgacca cc -# gctgccgg 300 - - agccccggag tggccgagct gagtctgcgc tgcggctgga gtcctgcaga gg -# aactgaac 360 - - tacacggtgc cgggcccagg acctgcgggc gaagcctccc caagacagtg ta -# ggcgctac 420 - - gaggtggact ggaaccagag cacctttgac tgcgtggacc ccctggccag cc -# tggacacc 480 - - aacaggagcc gcctgccact gggcccctgc cgggacggct gggtgtacga ga -# cgcctggc 540 - - tcgtccatcg tcaccgagtt taacctggta tgtgccaact cctggatgtt gg -# acctattc 600 - - cagtcatcag tgaatgtagg attctttatt ggctctatga gtatcggcta ca -# tagcagac 660 - - aggtttggcc gtaagctctg cctcctaact acagtcctca taaatgctgc ag -# ctggagtt 720 - - ctcatggcca tttccccaac ctatacgtgg atgttaattt ttcgcttaat cc -# aaggactg 780 - - gtcagcaaag caggctggtt aataggctac atcctgatta cagaatttgt tg -# gggggaga 840 - - tatcggagaa cagtggggat tttttaccaa gttgcctata cagttgggct cc -# tggtgcta 900 - - gctggggtgg cttacgcact tcctcactgg aggtggttgc agttcacagt tg -# ctctgccc 960 - - aacttcttct tcttgctcta ttactggtgc atacctgagt ctcccaggtg gc -# tgatctcc 1020 - - cagaataaga atgctgaagc catgagaatc attaagcaca tcgcaaagaa aa -# atggaaaa 1080 - - tctctacccg cctcccttca gcgcctgaga cttgaagagg aaactggcaa ga -# aattgaac 1140 - - ccttcatttc ttgacttggt cagaactcct cagataagga aacatactat ga -# tattgatg 1200 - - tacaactggt tcacgagctc tgtgctctac cagggcctca tcatgcacat gg -# gccttgca 1260 - - ggtgacaata tctacctgga tttcttctac tctgccctgg ttgaattccc ag -# ctgccttc 1320 - - atgatcatcc tcattatcga ccgcatcgga cgccgttacc cttgggctgc at -# caaatatg 1380 - - gttgcagggg cagcctgtct ggcctcagtt tttatacctg gtgatctaca at -# ggctaaaa 1440 - - attattatct catgcttggg aagaatgggg atcacaatgg cctatgagat ag -# tctgcctg 1500 - - gtcaatgctg agctgtaccc cacattcatt aggaatcttg gcgtccacat ct -# gttcctca 1560 - - atgtgtgaca ttggtggcat catcacgcca ttcctggtct accggctcac ta -# acatctgg 1620 - - cttgagctcc cgctgatggt tttcggcgta cttggcttgg ttgctggagg tc -# tggtgctg 1680 - - ttgcttccag aaactaaagg gaaagctttg cctgagacca tcgaggaagc cg -# aaaatatg 1740 - - caaagaccaa gaaaaaataa agaaaagatg atttacctcc aagttcagaa ac -# tagacatt 1800 - - ccattgaact aagaagagag accgttgctg ctgtcatgac ctagctttat gg -# cagcaaga 1860 - - ccaaaagtag aaatccctgc actcatcaca aagccc - #- # 1896__________________________________________________________________________