Patent Application: US-63512196-A

Abstract:
the present invention relates to a novel tumor suppressor gene , sseckss . it is based , at least in part , on the discovery of a gene , hitherto referred to as &# 34 ; 322 &# 34 ; but now referred to as ssecks , which was found to be down - regulated in certain transformed cells . further , the ssecks gene product was subsequently shown to be a substrate of protein kinase c . ssecks protein has been shown to act as a mitogenic regulator and as an inhibitor of the transformed phenotype .

Description:
in one specific embodiment , the present invention relates to a purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule having the nucleic acid sequence set forth in fig3 which is the rat ssecks cdna . in another embodiment , the present invention relates to a purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes to a nucleic acid molecule having a sequence as set forth in fig3 seq id no : 1 under stringent hybridization conditions . this embodiment would include nucleic acid molecules from species other than rat , such as the human ssecks cdna . this embodiment would also relate to genomic dna and rna molecules . stringent hybridization conditions are as described in maniatis et al ., 1982 , in molecular cloning : a laboratory manual , cold spring harbor laboratory , cold spring harbor , n . y . in one specific , nonlimiting embodiment of the invention , stringent hybridization may be performed between dna molecules in the southern method , in a solution of 0 . 75m sodium phosphate ph 7 , 1 mm edta , 7 % sds , 1 % bovine serum albumin ( bsa ), and 100 microgram per ml salmon sperm dna for 12 - 18 hours at 65 degrees centigrade , followed by washing twice in 50 mm sodium phosphate , 1 mm edta , 1 % sds , and 0 . 5 % bsa at 65 degrees c ., and twice again in the same solution without bsa at 65 degrees centigrade . in a related embodiment , the present invention provides for a purified and isolated nucleic acid sequence which is at least 90 percent homologous to the nucleic acid molecule having a sequence as set forth in fig3 . in further embodiments , the present invention provides for a purified and isolated protein having an amino acid sequence as set forth in fig3 seq id no : 1 . the present invention also provides for a purified and isolated protein encoded by a nucleic acid molecule having the sequence set forth in fig3 or ( i ) a nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes thereto under stringent conditions or ( ii ) is at least 90 percent homologous thereto . the present invention also relates to vectors comprising the abovementioned nucleic acid molecules , including plasmid , phage , cosmid , and viral vectors . the foregoing nucleic acid molecules may be combined , in such vectors or otherwise , with nucleic acid sequences which may aid in their expression , including promoter / enhancer sequences and other sequences which aid in transcription , translation , or processing . vectors of the invention may further comprise other sequences , such as selection markers , as used by skilled artisans . the present invention further provides for antibodies , including monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies , directed toward the proteins of the invention , and prepared by standard techniques known in the art . it may be desirable to subject such antibodies to purification using an affinity column to which sseck protein is bound . the molecules of the present invention have a number of utilities . as described in the example section below , suppression of ssecks expression occurs in association with transformation by certain oncogenes or by the triggering of a proliferative cycle in starved cells by the addition of serum to the growth medium . these observations indicate that ssecks acts as a negative regulator of mitosis . as such , the introduction of ssecks gene or protein into a host cell may be used to inhibit mitosis of the host cell . introduction may be achieved either via a vector , by physical means , or by direct uptake of the ssecks gene or protein into the host cell . moreover , it has been discovered that ectopic expression of ssecks suppressed the ability of v - src to induce morphological transformation and anchorage - independent growth in rodent fibroblasts . thus , the introduction of ssecks gene or protein into a cell may be used to inhibit the expression of a transformed phenotype by the cell . since many human diseases are associated with disorders of proliferation and / or with the expression of a malignant ( i . e . transformed ) phenotype , increasing the levels of ssecks dna , mrna , and / or protein in a patient suffering from such a disease may be beneficial . for example , the levels of ssecks may be increased in a malignant tumor in such a patient in order to decrease its propensity to metastasize . furthermore , the level of ssecks expression in a cell or collection of cells may be used to evaluate the mitotic state of such cells , where a low level of ssecks expression may bear a positive correlation with active mitosis . furthermore , a low level of ssecks expression may bear a positive correlation with a malignant phenotype . such measurements may be used in the diagnosis or staging of malignancy , or in the assessment of the effects of therapeutic interventions in a subject in need of such treatment . cdnas were identified whose abundance is low in nih 3t3 cells and decreased following the expression of the activated oncogene v - src . the transcription of one such gene , ssecks ( pronounced &# 34 ; essex &# 34 ;), was found to be suppressed at least 15 - fold in src , ras , and fos - transformed cells and 3 - fold in myc - transformed cells , but was unaffected in raf , mos , or neu - transformed cells . activation of a ts - v - src temperature sensitive allele in confluent 3y1 fibroblasts resulted in an initial increase in ssecks mrna levels after 1 to 2 hours followed by a rapid decrease to suppressed levels after 4 to 8 hours . morphological transformation was not detected until 12 hours later , indicating that the accumulation of ssecks transcripts is regulated by v - src and not as a consequence of transformation . addition of fetal calf serum to starved subconfluent nih 3t3 or 3y1 fibroblasts resulted in a similar biphasic regulation of ssecks , indicating that ssecks transcription is responsive to mitogenic factors . sequence analysis of a full - length ssecks cdna rat clone ( 5 . 4 kb ) identified a large open reading frame encoding a 148 . 1 kda product , but in vitro transcription - translation from a t7 promoter resulted in a 207 kda product . further , sequence analysis indicated that ssecks has only limited homology to known genes , including the human gravin gene , where a small amount of homology exists in the 3 &# 39 ; untranslated region . particular data relating to these conclusions is set forth in greater detail below . fig1 depicts the results of northern blot analysis of ssecks rna levels in nih 3t3 cells versus nih / v - src transformed cells . a 30 microgram amount of total rna purified by the rnazol method from nih 3t3 cells or nih / v - src cells was electrophoresed through a 1 % agarose - 1formaldehyde gel , blotted onto immulon n membrane , hybridized with a 32 p - labelled cdna insert containing ssecks sequence , washed , and autoradiographed for 3 weeks . the amount of rna loaded was normalized by densitometric analysis of 28s and 18s rna bands ( right panel ). fig2 shows that the decreased level of ssecks rna in nih / v - src cells is not due to gross deletion or translocation of the ssecks allele . as shown in the top panel , a 20 microgram amount of genomic dna from nih 3t3 or niv v - src cells was digested to completion with ecori or hindiii , electrophoresed through a 0 . 7 % agarose gel , and then blotted onto immobilon n membrane . fifty picogram amounts of ecori - cut pbluescript ii ks and ssecks plasmid dna were included as negative and positive controls , respectively . the blot was hybridized as described in the legend to fig1 and autoradiographed for 2 days with an intensifying screen . dna molecular size standards are shown on the left . ri refers to ecori , h3 refers to hindiii . the bottom panel shows the restriction map of full length ssecks rna , and clone 13 . 2 . 2 , isolated from a rat 3t3 library . much of this restriction pattern is shared by both mouse and rat ssecks homologs , although only the rat allele contains an internal ecori site approximately 250 bp from the 3 &# 39 ; cdna terminus . fig3 depicts the nucleic acid seq id no : 1 ( top line , lower case letters ) and deduced amino acid seq id no : 2 ( lower line , capital letters ) sequence of rat ssecks cdna . the largest open reading frame ( from bases 176 to 4213 ) was identified using the translate program from genetics computer group ( by j , devereux , 1993 , in madison , wis .). glycine - rich domains in the n - terminus are underlined . nuclear localization signals fitting th motif k ( r / k ) x ( r / k ) are boxed . a sequence consistent with a zn finger from bases 3211 to 3280 is in boldface type . two polyadenylation signals ( aataaa ) in the 3 &# 39 ; untranslated region are underlined . fig4 shows that the transcription of ssecks was suppressed relatively soon after the activation of a ts - src allele or the addition of fetal calf serum ( fcs ) to starved rodent fibroblasts . fig4 a depicts the results of experiments wherein 3y1 / ts72src cells or parental rat 3y1 fibroblasts were grown at the nonpermissive temperature ( npt ; 39 . 5 degrees c ) for 24 hours and then shifted to the permissive temperature ( pt ) for v - src activity ( 35 degrees c ). morphological transformation was not apparent until roughly 24 hours after the temperature downshift . the level of ssecks rna dropped precipitously in the transformed cells but not their untransformed counterparts . fig4 b shows the results of experiments in which nih 3t3 cells and 3y1 cells were incubated overnight with 0 . 25 % fcs and then with 10 % fcs . total rna isolated at various times from each cell line was analyzed for ssecks transcription by northern blot analysis using 32 p - labelled ssecks probe . soon after the addition of 10 % fcs , the levels of ssecks decreased rapidly in both cell lines . the cells used for panel a were seeded at confluency at the start of the experiment whereas the cells used for panel b were subconfluent throughout the experiment . fig5 shows the results of northern blot analyses showing levels of ssecks transcripts in oncogene - transformed rat - 6 fibroblasts , and demonstrates that the transcription of ssecks was suppressed at least 15 - fold in cells transformed by src and ras and roughly 3 to 4 - fold in myc - transformed cells . each lane of the gel used to generate the blot contained 30 micrograms of total rna from rat - 6 cells transformed with the oncogenes indicated . the rat - 6 lane contains total rna from normal control cells . the levels of ssecks were also found to be down - regulated 10 - fold in fos - transformed cells . fig6 shows the results of in vitro transcription / translation of ssecks cdna . the ssecks cdna was cloned in a pbluescript ii ks vector downstream of the t7 promoter , and analyzed by a coupled in vitro transcription / translation assay ( tnt kit , promega ). in contrast to what was predicted , namely , a product with a molecular mass of 148 . 1 kda , the 13 . 2 . 2 insert repeatedly yielded a 207 kda product , as shown in the figure . fig7 shows the results of experiments which tested the effect of ssecks expression on the proliferation rates of untransformed omega packaging cells ( nih 3t3 background ; panel a ) or transformed cells ( nih / v - src ; panel b ) in the presence of serum growth factors . the ssecks cdna ( clone 13 . 2 . 2 ) was inserted into vector pbabfhygro , and transfected stably into the omega c packaging cells ( panel a , solid circles ). vector alone was also transfected into these cells ( open circles ). proliferation of the cells containing ssecks cdna or vector alone was measured and compared ( fig7 a ). the cells were grown in media supplemented with 10 % cs . fig7 a shows that after 4 weeks of passage , the growth rate of cells containing ssecks cdna was 40 % lower than that of cells containing vector alone . filtered supernatants from these packaging cell lines were used to infect nih 3t3 , rat - 6 and nih / v - src -- cells . although the numbers of hygromycin resistant rat - 6 colonies arising from infection with the vector were similar to those arising from infection with ssecks , the initial growth rates of the colonies differed significantly . after 2 weeks , rat - 6 / vector colonies were 3 to 5 mm in diameter whereas the rat - 6 / ssecks colonies contained only 20 - 50 cells , indicating that ssecks is a negative regulator of mitogenesis . fig8 depicts the results of a southern &# 34 ; zoo &# 34 ; blot which measured hybridization of ssecks probe to dna from a variety of species , namely genomic dna from human ( derived from hela cells ), monkey ( from cv - 1 cells ), rat ( from rat - 6 cells ), mouse ( from nih 3t3 cells ), chicken ( from chick embryo fibroblasts ), xenopus ( from oocytes ), e . coli ( strain dh10 ), salmon sperm , and yeast cells . fig8 confirms that rat and mouse 322 sequences are highly homologous . furthermore , ssecks showed partial cross - hybridization to ecori bands from human , monkey , chicken , xenopus , yeast , and e . coli dna . fig9 depicts the results of northern blot analysis of ssecks expression in various mouse tissues . approximately 5 . 4 kb transcripts were found to be abundantly expressed in testes , with 5 - 10 fold lower levels in skin , brain , and lung . a 3 kb transcript was also detected in intestines , with lower levels in kidney and stomach . fig1 depicts a schematic diagram of the sseck protein , which contains several sequence motifs consistent with a role of transcriptional regulator , including a putative zn finger , at least five nuclear localization signals , and several highly acidic domains typical of transactivation factors such as gal4 . various publications are cited herein , which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - ( 1 ) general information :- ( iii ) number of sequences : 2 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 5134 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 :# accaggccag 60ccagcct cggaggagca ggagccggca gaagacacag # gtgacctgga 120tacgaga aggtggagct gcctttggaa gaccaggttg # agaagatgga 180gagaagt gtgctccttt ggcaacggaa gtgtttgatg # cagaggagga 240gttgttg cagaggtcca cgtgagcacc gtggagaaga # gagaatcctt 300ggagagg ctgaaggggg cgtggtggta gaaggaacag # ctgctgagga 360ctggctg agccccagga ggtcccccag gaagctgagc # tgacagacct 420agagaga tgtgtgtctc tggaggagac cacactcaac # aggtggagat 480aagacgc tgcccaaaca cccagaaggc attgtcagtg # tcttcagtag 540gaaagaa tcaaggtaca gggaagtccc ttgaagaaac # gtgggggaga 600aagctgt ctgggaagaa gcagaagggg aaacgaggag # ctgatgagca 660gaatacc aacacattca caccgaatcc ccagagagtg # gtctggagaa 720tctgcgt cgtcccccga ggagcctgag gagaccacgt # gtggagagaa 780gcaccca ggatggggaa gctgaggaag gaactacttc # aagaaacggt 840cactccc tgggcatcct tcaaaaagat ggtgacaccc # gcgccacctt 900gagagtg acaaggagga agagctggag aaggtcaaga # ttggtgagga 960agcacag tgtcagaaat gcaagatgaa gtcaaaactg # aagcactgat 1020gaaccaa agcgtagggt ggatacttca gtgtcttggg # taagagggcc 1080tccaaga agagagcaag gaaggcatcc tcttcagata # aaagaagccg 1140gggggac agtcacagag cagaggaggc cagcaaagac # gttcctcacc 1200cctgcca gcacccagga gcaggaccaa gcgcaaggaa # catttaaaag 1260agccctt ccgaagggga aggtgtctcc acttgggagt # ccggaaggac 1320agaaaaa aatccaagtc aaaactggaa gagaaagaag # atcttgggtt 1380gcaggtt gtccactgag atcgaaccgt gtagagaaga # ggcaagaaca 1440tcatccc cggacggcgg aagaaaaggg cagatgggaa # atgtcccagc 1500gactcag ggccagtgga gataaatgag gacgagcctg # cccaggggaa 1560tctgagt atgatgcagt ggagagggag aagatggaag # agactctggt 1620agctgct ggggctgtgt agtgtccgag gagctcagta # tcgaagagcg 1680gtcgcag tcattgatgg gaccagggca gtcaccagtg # cgggagaagc 1740atatccg cttccgtaac agaacctctt gaacacacag # ctcctgtgct 1800gaagagg tcactgaaaa agacatcatt gcagaagaaa # gtgaagtgga 1860ccagagg gtaaagatgc ccatgacgac atggtcacca # ctgaagaagt 1920gctgtga cagccacaga gacctcagag gctctccgta # cccagctgac 1980ggggccg aagagaccac agacatggtg tccgcagttt # gtggtgtgct 2040accacag aggaagccac cccagttcag gaggtagagg # cagacaaggt 2100gaggagc gccagacgca ggccatcctc caagccgttg # caaaagcact 2160caggtgc ctgcaaccca gactgtgcag agaacggggt # aagagaagga 2220gaggtag aggaggactc cgaagtgctg gcttcggaga # agggctctga 2280ggacccg tgcaggaagc tggagctgag catcttgcac # atgtagacca 2340actccag agagccttga agttcctgaa gtcacagcag # tggcccctga 2400caggtta tcaagctcca gcagctgatg gaacaggccg # cagattcaga 2460ttgacag acagtgagac aaatggaagc actcccttag # aagccactgc 2520acacagc aagatgaaac cattgacagc caggacagta # aagaggagcc 2580tcacagg tcacagaaga agaggcggct actgctcaga # caggaagaga 2640aataatg ttccagccca ggaagaacat ggggaagaac # ggcaaaagac 2700acacagc aagagcttgc tgctgcagcc gtgcccgtct # aagaagaaca 2760gagggtg aggttgactg gttggatgga gaaaaagtca # catatgacag 2820cactctg gacccaacag tcaaaaggct gctgatgtga # agagtcttag 2880gtggccg ggtgtcagga aaaggagagt actgaagtgc # caaagccaga 2940gagatgg aaactgacgt tgaaaaggag aaaagggaga # ggaactacgg 3000gaaggtg agcaggaaac agccgctcct gagcatgaaa # tgggaagcct 3060acacttg acatgcccag ctcagagagg gggaaggcac # ttcaagttca 3120tctctcc cagaccaaga caaagcaggt tgcatagagg # tagaaacggt 3180acagtca ctcaaacagc agaagctgtg gaaaaggtca # taccagctga 3240acaggtg aaagtccaga gtgtgtaggt gcacacttat # cggtacccct 3300acgggtg gccactggac tcttcagcat gcagaggaca # ctgaaagcac 3360caggcag aatccatccc aatcatagta actcctgctc # cagaggaaga 3420ctacaag gagaaataag cgcatcccag agagagcgat # tcgacaaagt 3480gctggtc ctgatgctga cggcaaggag agtacagcaa # ttgtgctgaa 3540cctgaga tcctggaact tgagagtaag agcaacaaga # aaactcatgc 3600gccgttg accagttcgc acgtacagaa acagcccccg # ccaacagatg 3660acccagg ttcctgcaat gcgcttggac agcagggagc # gagaggactt 3720aaagttg ccaagatgaa acacccagtg ccgcagccca # cgcttgcagt 3780gttctgg aggcatggct cagctcggaa atgcttgccg # aagatcaaaa 3840gtcaaag taagcattga gaagctgcct cctcaaccca # cagtgtctgg 3900gatggcc ctcagctcca aagcttagcc caggcagagg # agcgatgccc 3960gaatccc cagacaccaa cggaccaaag ctaaccgagg # gaacaaggcc 4020tccagga agaagaaatg tctaccaagt cagtcaaaga # agatgttagt 4080acctgca ggagccaaag ggagacctgg cagaatccta # agatgctgct 4140tctgtaa gaccagaatg tgaaaacaag tcacagaaca # gccgtccaat 4200accaaga tttcagagcc catgagatcc agagagcagg # tagagccagc 4260tagagca ccccgacaat tctgaggctt catcgggagc # cgtgtatttc 4320tttcaag actgcctttg atttgcccct tgatgccgtc # cgtgtatttc 4380tttcaag actgcctttg atttgcccct tgatgccgtc # ttccacttct 4440tgcgttc tcaacctgga accaattctg ccatacctag # ctcctcctgt 4500cctcctt tatgtattta tatgtatgtt ttatgtagtc # gcaatatata 4560ttttttc taacgtttaa gcacatgctt tttgtattat # aacctgcagc 4620catagcg acgctttgaa aagctccaag cctcaactgt # tgatgcttag 4680tcctggc aagaagagac aagtcttttt taaagtttac # agctcagaaa 4740tagtcct ctgaaagtgg ttgttttcct atgcacagcg # tttcccccct 4800ttgaaac atccaggatg tcccaatatt accatgattt # agccctgtct 4860gtccagg ttggaaagaa gtctcctctg tgtcagatta # atgcagaagg 4920acaaatg agtgtgccta aggccatgag atgtttccta # atatgcagat 4980ttttttt gattgtactc ttctatgctg gaccgaattc # tgtctgtgtt 5040gttcttt acagatggta ttttgataga tactggagtt # aaattgtgat 5100ttcttta agaacaatgt tgcattatgt tcctttggat # 5134 aataa acatatttga ctac - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 1346 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type : internal - ( vi ) original source :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 :# val his val ser thr vallu val val ala glu # 15 # gly glu ala glu gly glylu gln gly gly gly # 30 # pro pro glu lys leu alahr gly glu ser leu # 45 # pro ala glu glu leu metro gln glu ala glu # 60 # asp his thr gln leu thrys val ser gly gly # 80 # lys his pro glu gly ilelu lys thr leu pro # 95 # glu arg ile lys val glnet leu ser ser gln # 110 # ser gly leu lys lys leuys leu phe ser ser # 125 # gly gly gly asp glu gluys gly lys arg gly # 140 # ser pro glu ser ala aspis ile his thr glu # 160 # pro glu glu pro glu gluer ser ala ser ser # 175 # ala pro arg met gly lysys gly pro leu glu # 190 # lys arg lys asp his sereu arg gly glu lys # 205 # gln glu thr val arg argys asp gly asp thr # 220 # glu lys val lys ser alays glu glu glu leu # 240 # glu met gln asp glu valsp ser thr val ser # 255 # glu pro lys arg arg vallu gln lys pro glu # 270 # cys val gly ser ser lysrp glu ala leu ile # 285 # ile arg gly pro arg thrla ser ser ser asp # 300 # gly gln gln arg gln arger gln ser arg gly # 320 # gln glu gln asp gln alaal pro ala ser thr # 335 # ser pro ser glu gly gluro glu pro ala gly # 350 # leu val thr pro arg lyslu ser phe lys arg # 365 # ala gly arg thr leu valeu glu glu lys glu # 380 # arg val glu lys asn leuro leu arg ser asn # 400 # gly gly arg lys gly glnsn ser ser pro asp # 415 # asp ser gly pro val gluln ala thr val glu # 430 # val val pro leu ser gluro asp val pro ala # 445 # ala gln gly asn ala glurg glu lys met glu # 460 # glu glu leu ser lys thrly cys val val ser # 480 # asp gly thr arg ala valer val ala val ile # 495 # ile ser ala ser val thrrg ser pro ser trp # 510 # met pro pro val glu gluhr ala gly glu ala # 525 # thr pro val leu thr glnle ile ala glu glu # 540 # asp met val thr ser gluys asp ala his asp # 560 # thr glu thr ser glu alalu ala val thr ala # 575 # gly ala glu glu thr thral thr glu ala ser # 590 # asp ser pro asp thr thral ser gln leu thr # 605 # gly gly val leu asp thral gln glu val glu # 620 # leu gln ala val ala aspln thr gln ala ile # 640 # thr gln thr val gln arger gln val pro ala # 655 # glu val glu glu asp sereu glu lys val glu # 670 # val met pro lys gly prolu lys glu lys asp # 685 # gln gly ser glu thr glyla glu his leu ala # 700 # glu val thr ala asp valer leu glu val pro # 720 # leu gln gln leu met gluys gln val ile lys # 735 # leu thr asp ser glu thrlu ser ser glu thr # 750 # thr ala asp gly thr glneu ala asp ser asp # 765 # lys ala thr ala ala valsp ser gln asp ser # 780 # ala thr ala gln lys gluhr glu glu glu ala # 800 # ala gln glu glu his glyro asn asn val pro # 815 # thr gln gln glu leu alasp val leu glu pro # 830 # glu val gly gln glu glyal trp gln lys thr # 845 # lys glu glu gln glu valsp gly glu lys val # 860 # ala ala asp val thr tyrro asn ser gln lys # 880 # gln glu lys glu ser thrly val ala gly cys # 895 # glu met glu thr asp valer leu glu glu gly # 910 # gln val ser glu glu glylu thr lys pro glu # 925 # arg asn tyr gly lys prola pro glu his glu # 940 # arg gly lys ala leu glyet pro ser ser glu # 960 # gln asp lys ala gly cysro ser leu pro asp # 975 # thr val thr gln thr alaln ser leu asp thr # 990 # val ile ser glu thr glyal ile glu thr val # 10050 # leu pro ala glu lys seral gly ala his leu # 10205 # his ala glu asp thr valis trp thr leu gln 025 1 - # 030 1035 - # 1040 # ile pro ile ile val threr gln ala glu ser # 10550 # leu gln gly glu ile serhr leu his pro asp # 10705 # asp lys pro asp ala glyrg ser glu glu glu # 10850 # ile asp lys val leu lysys glu ser thr ala # 11005 # lys ser asn lys ile valeu glu leu glu ser 105 1 - # 110 1115 - # 1120 # phe ala arg thr glu thrhr ala val asp gln # 11350 # thr gln val pro ala metla tyr asp ser gln # 11505 # trp thr lys met lys vallu pro asn arg cys # 11650 # arg glu asp leu gln valro val pro gln pro # 11805 # glu met leu ala ala leula trp leu ser ser 185 1 - # 190 1195 - # 1200 # ile glu lys leu pro proly val lys val ser # 12150 # asp gly pro gln leu glnys glu his ala ala # 12305 # asn leu thr lys glu serlu ala val ser gly # 12450 # glu arg cys pro gln lysro lys leu thr glu # 12605 # ser gln ser lys arg thrys lys cys leu pro 265 1 - # 270 1275 - # 1280 # gln arg glu thr trp glnrg thr cys arg ser # 12950 # ser val arg pro glu cysal ala his cys thr # 13105 # leu gly pro trp thr lyssn lys met leu leu # 13250 # gly arg pro met ile serrg ser arg glu gln # 13405 - thr gln 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