Patent Application: US-22595199-A

Abstract:
the present invention generally relates to a novel catalytic subunit of a lipid kinase designated p110δ . polynucleotides encoding p110δ and recombinant p110δ polypeptides are provided along with antibodies to p110δ , assays for identifying inhibitors of p110δ , and the like .

Description:
the present invention is illustrated by the following examples . example 1 describes the cloning and characterization of cdna encoding p110δ . p110δ was obtained by combining three separate cdna clones spanning the full length p110δ cdna . example 2 describes the expression and kinase activity of recombinant p110δ . example 3 describes the isolation of a mouse genomic p110δ clone . baculovirus expression of p110δ is described in example 4 . example 5 assesses the ability of recombinant p110δ to associate with p85 in transfected mammalian cells . the expression of p110δ in various human tissues is disclosed in example 6 . example 7 provides monoclonal antibodies specific for p110δ . example 8 describes experiments directed to chromosomal localization of p110δ . example 9 describes experiments related to the association of p110δ and growth factor receptors . example 10 discusses the use of transgenic animals which are engineered to include a disruption in the p110δ gene . degenerate oligonucleotide primers were designed for use in a pcr reaction based on sequences conserved in the catalytic domain of known pi 3 - kinases . the sense primer was gcagacggatccggigaygayhkiagrcarga ( seq id no : 3 ) encoding the sequence gddlrqd ( seq id no : 4 ), and the anti - sense primer was gcagacgaattcrwriccraartciryrtg ( seq id no : 5 ) encoding the amino acid sequence hidfgh ( seq id no : 6 ). bam hi and eco ri restriction sites are underlined . pcr reactions consisted of 100 ng of cdna template [ from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( pbmc ) activated for 18 hours with 10 ng / ml phorbol myristate and 250 ng / ml calcium ionophore ( sigma )], 10 μg / ml oligonucleotide primers , 50 mm kcl , 10 mm tris hcl ( ph 8 . 4 ), 1 . 5 mm mgcl 2 , 200 mm dntps , and 1u of taq polymerase in a final volume of 100 μl . reactions were performed using denaturation for 1 minute at 94 ° c ., annealing at 60 ° c . for 2 minutes and extension for at 72 ° c . for 1 minutes for 3 cycles . the procedure was then repeated using 56 ° c . annealing temperature for 3 cycles , 52 ° c . annealing temperature for 3 cycles and 50 ° c . annealing temperature for 30 cycles . amplified products were gel purified , digested with bam hi and eco ri , and subcloned into the vector pbsskii + ( stratagene , la jolla , calif .) for sequencing . all dna for sequencing was prepared using the wizard miniprep dna purification system ( promega , madison , wis .). sequencing was performed on the applied biosystems model 373 automated sequencer . data bank searches were made using the blast program , and protein and dna alignments were made using the geneworks program ( intelligenetics inc . mountain view calif .) one clone contained a 399 bp insert that encoded a 133 amino acid open reading frame showing similarity to p110β . this clone was a partial clone of a new catalytic subunit of pi 3 - kinase designated p110δ . to identify a cdna encoding p110δ , specific oligonucleotide primers were designed based on the sequence of the 399 bp pcr product . the forward primer was catgctgaccctgcagatgat ( seq id no : 7 ) and the reverse printer was aacagctgcccactctctcgg ( seq id no : 8 ). these primers were used to screen a cdna library from human pbmc stimulated with pma and ionomycin ( as described above ) in the mammalian expression vector prc - cmv . successive rounds of pcr were performed initially on pools of 100 , 000 clones and subsequently on smaller pools until a single clone termed pbmc # 249 was isolated by colony hybridization using the pcr product labelled by random priming as a probe . this cdna was not full length . therefore to identify longer cdna clones the same approach was used to screen a cdna library from human macrophages ( also in the vector prccmv ). this led to the isolation of an additional cdna clone ( m # 928 ) which extended the cdna sequence by 1302 bp . the remaining 5 &# 39 ; end of the cdna encoding p110δ was obtained by 5 &# 39 ; race pcr ( clonetech , palo alto , calif .) two anti - sense gene - specific oligonucleotide primers were designed based on the 5 &# 39 ; end of cdna m # 928 for race pcr reactions . the primary race primer was gggccacatgtagaggcagcgttccc ( seq id no : 9 ) and the nested race primer was ggcccaggcaatggggcagtccgcc ( seq id no : 10 ). marathon - race reactions were set up using marathon - ready cdna template from human leukocytes and the advantage core pcr reaction kit ( clonetech , palo alto , calif .) following the manufacturer &# 39 ; s protocol . touchdown pcr cycling conditions were modified to improve the specificity of the marathon - race pcr primary reaction as follows : denaturation at 94 ° c . for 2 minutes , followed by 5 cycles of denaturation at 94 ° c . for 30 seconds and annealing and extension at 72 ° c . for 3 minutes ; 5 cycles of denaturation at 94 ° c . for 30 seconds and annealing and extension at 70 ° c . for 3 minutes ; and 25 cycles of denaturation at 94 ° c . for 30 seconds and annealing and extension at 68 ° c . for 3 minutes . amplified products were used as templates in a nested pcr reaction using the previously described cycling parameters . the reamplified products were then analyzed by southern blotting using oligonucleotide probes specific for p110δ . probes ( 100 ng each ) were end - labelled with 32 p - γatp , and hybridized and washed under standard conditions ( frisch and sambrook ). the sequences of the two probes were gatgcggaacggctgctccaggg ( seq id no : 11 ) and ccagggaccacagggacacagag ( seq id no : 12 ). the specific 5 &# 39 ; race pcr products identified in this manner were gel purified and subcloned into the ta vector pcrii ( invitrogen , san diego , calif .) according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions . three independent clones were sequenced to ensure the veracity of the 5 &# 39 ; sequence . a full length cdna for p110δ was assembled from clones # 249 , m # 928 and the 5 &# 39 ; race pcr products . the 5 &# 39 ; race product was used as a template in pcr using the 5 &# 39 ; primer agttacggatccggcaccatg ( gactacaaggacgacgatgacaag ) ccccctggggtgga ctgccc ( seq id no : 13 ) and the 3 &# 39 ; primer ccacatgtagaggcagcgttcc ( seq id no : 14 ). the 5 &# 39 ; primer includes a bam hi site ( underlined ), and sequences that encode the flag peptide sequence dykddddk ( seq id no : 15 ) ( shown in parenthesis ) which is recognized by the m2 anti - flag monoclonal antibody ( kodak scientific imaging systems , new haven , conn .). the resulting pcr product was digested with bam hi and afl ii , and was ligated along with an afl ii / pvu i fragment derived from the clone m # 928 and a pvu ii / xba i fragment derived from pbmc clone # 249 into the bam hi / xba i sites of the mammalian expression vector pcdna3 ( invitrogen , san diego , calif .). the vector containing the flag - tagged composite p110δ cdna is designated pcdna3 : p110δflag . in the flag - tagged p110δ , the flag - tag is located immediately after the initiating methionine . a full - length composite cdna encoding p110δ is shown in seq id no : 1 . the sequence of p110δ includes an open reading frame of 3135 nucleotides which is predicted to encode a protein of approximately 114 kd . in addition , there are 197 bp of 5 &# 39 ; and 1894 bp of 3 &# 39 ; untranslated sequence . the sequence around the predicted initiating methionine is in good agreement with that required for optimal translational initiation [ kozak , m ., j . cell biol ., 115 : 887 - 992 ( 1991 )] and the presence of stop codons in the 5 &# 39 ; untranslated sequence is consistent with the isolation of the complete coding region of p110δ . comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of p110δ ( seq id no : 2 ) with other pi 3 - kinases reveals that it is most closely related to p110β . similar to p110β , the catalytic domain of p110δ is found in the c - terminus of the protein and is believed to be reside within amino acid residues 723 - 1044 of seq id no : 2 . an alignment of the predicted carboxyl terminal catalytic domains of the pi 3 - kinase family ( including p110δ residues 723 through 1044 of seq id no : 2 ) is shown in fig1 . table 1 shows the identity of p110δ to other members of the pi 3 - kinase family . p110δ is 72 % identical to p110β in this region but is less closely related to p110α ( 49 %) and p110γ ( 45 %). table 1 also shows that p110δ shows low identity to cpk / p170 and the yeast vps 34 protein , 31 and 32 % respectively . table 1______________________________________p110δ p110β p110α p110γ cpk / p170 vps34______________________________________p110δ -- 72 49 45 31 32 p110β -- 49 48 37 31 p110α -- 45 39 29 p110γ -- 39 31 cpk / p170 -- 28 vps34 -- ______________________________________ dendrogram analysis revealed that p110β and p110δ form a distinct sub - branch of the pi 3 - kinase family . the distantly related atm gene and the catalytic subunit of dna dependent protein kinase have been included for comparison . it has been demonstrated that pi 3 - kinase is an important intermediate in the ras pathway [ hu et al . 1993 ; rodriguez - viciana et al ., embo journal , 15 : 2442 - 2451 ( 1996 )]. a constitutively active form of pi 3 - kinase has been shown to increase transcription of the c - fos gene , activate the protein kinase raf , and stimulate oocyte maturation [ hu et al ., 1995 ]. the effects of pi 3 - kinase in these systems can be blocked by co - expression of a dominant negative form of ras indicating that pi 3 - kinase acts upstream of ras . additional studies have shown that ras can physically interact with pi 3 - kinase in vitro and stimulate its kinase activity [ rodriguez - viciana et al ., 1996 ]. thus pi 3 - kinase can either act as an effector of ras - dependent signalling or be directly activated by interaction with ras . a specific region at the amino terminus of the p110 subunits termed the ras regulatory domain is responsible for this interaction [ rodriguez - viciana et al . 1996 ]. comparison of the sequence of p110δ with other p110 subunits indicates that this region is also conserved in p110δ including a lysine residue which has been shown to be essential for physical association with ras ( rodriguez - viciana et al ., 1996 ). thus p110δ is also likely to interact with the ras pathway . fig2 presents an alignment of the proposed ras binding sites of four p110 subunits including p110δ residues 141 through 310 of seq id no : 2 . the flag - tagged p110δ was expressed by transfecting pcdna3 : p110δflag into cos cells using deae dextran . three days after transfection , expression of p110δ was determined by immunoprecipitations and western blotting using the m2 monoclonal antibody ( kodak scientific imaging systems ) according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions . pi 3 - kinase activity was determined as described [ hu et al ., mol . cell . biol ., 13 : 7677 - 7688 ( 1993 )]. to determine the pi 3 - kinase activity of p110δ , 5μl of immunoprecipitated p110δ was mixed with 1 μl of pi / egta and incubated at room temperature for 10 minutes [ pi / egta is 10 mg / ml pi ( sigma ) in chcl 3 , which has been dried under a vacuum , resuspended in 20 mg / ml dmso in the presence or absence of various concentrations of the pi3 kinase inhibitor wortmannin and diluted 1 : 10 in 5 mm egta ] and added to 1 μl 10 × hm buffer ( 200 mm hepes ph7 . 2 , 50 mm mncl 2 ), 0 . 5 μl γ 32 patp ( 10 mci / ml - 300 ci / mmol ), 1 μl 100 μm atp , and 1 . 5 μl h 2 o and incubated at 30 ° c . for 15 minutes . the reactions were terminated by addition of 100μl 1m hcl . lipids were extracted with 200 μl chcl 3 / meoh ( 1 : 1 ) by vortexing for 1 minute followed by centrifugation at 16 , 000 × g for 2 minutes at room temperature . the lipids were further extracted with 80 μl 1m hcl / meoh ( 1 : 1 ) by vortexing for 1 minutes , followed by centrifugation at 16 , 000 × g for 2 minutes at room temperature . the lipids were dried under vacuum , resuspended in 10 μl chcl 3 / meoh ( 1 : 1 ) and spotted 2 cm from the bottom of a dry silica gel 60 chromatography plate ( vwr ) that had been pre - impregnated with 1 % k 2 c 2 o 4 in h 2 o . 250 μg of crude phosphoinositides ( sigma ) were spotted as markers . the products were resolved by chromatography for 2 hours in chcl 3 / meoh / 4n nh 4 oh ( 9 : 7 : 2 ), allowed to dry and placed in an iodine vapor tank for 5 minutes in order to visualize the crude standards . the position of the standards was marked with a pencil and the plate was autoradiographed . phosphorylated lipids were generated in the kinase assays . the major product was phosphatidyl inositol phosphate ( pip ). furthermore , the generation of these phosphorylated lipids was inhibited in a dose dependent manner by wortmannin ( approximately 50 % of the activity was inhibited at 100 nm wortmannin ) demonstrating that p110δ is a functional pi3 kinase . a mouse genomic clone encoding p110δ was isolated as described below . a mouse 129 svev lambda genomic library ( stratagene , la jolla , calif .) was screened using a fragment of the human cdna clone for p110δ ( corresponding to amino acids 739 to 1044 of seq id no . : 2 ) labelled to high specific activity (. sup .˜ 1 × 10 9 dpm / ug dna ) by random priming using the random primed dna labelling kit ( boehringer mannheim ). hybridization was performed for sixteen hours at 42 ° c . in buffer containing 50 % formamide , 5 × ssc , 5 × denhardts , 0 . 05m na phosphate , and 100 ug / ml salmon sperm dna . filters were washed in 0 . 2 × ssc / 0 . 1 % sds at 50 ° c . a single clone was isolated . purified phage dna was digested with not i and inserts were subcloned into the vector pbsskii + ( stratagene , la jolla , calif .) for sequencing . this clone was approximately 16 kb and included the entire catalytic region of p110δ . recombinant p110δ may be expressed in sf9 insect cells using a baculovirus expression system . as discussed in example 1 , flag - tagged p110δ encoding sequences are useful in expressing the kinases of this invention . upon expression in insect cells , a monoclonal antibody that recognizes the flag tag ( eastman kodak , rochester , n . y .) is used to purify large quantities of the flag - pik - related kinase fusion protein . infected insect cells are incubated for 48 hours and lysed in lysis buffer ( 25 mm 2 - glycerolphosphate , 50 mm sodium phosphate ph 7 . 2 , 0 . 5 % triton - x 100 , 2 mm edta , 2 mm egta , 25 mm sodium fluoride , 100 μm sodium vanadate , 1 mm pmsf , 1 μg / ml leupeptin , 1 μg / ml pepstatin , 1 mm benzamidine , and 2 mm dtt ). expressed flag fusion proteins are purified over a column containing anti - flag antibody m2 affinity resin ( eastman kodak ). the column is washed with 20 column volumes of lysis buffer , then 5 column volumes of 0 . 5m lithium chloride , 50 mm tris ph 7 . 6 , 1 mm dtt , and then eluted either with 0 . 1m glycine ph 3 . 0 followed by immediate neutralization or by competitive elution with the flag peptide . for histidine tagged proteins , ni - nta agarose ( qiagen ) is used for protein purification . plasmids for expression of p85 and p110δ in the baculovirus expression system were prepared as follows . the plasmid pcdna3 : p85 dna as described in example 5 was digested with bamhi and ecori and the 2 . 5 kb flag - p85 band containing the entire p85 coding region with the flag tag was gel purified and inserted in bamhi - ecori site of pfastbac dual ( gibco brl ). the ligation mixture was transformed into e . coli xl - 1 blue ( stratagene ) and plated on ampicillin containing plate . a clone was purified that carries the pfastbac - dual - p85 plasmid . the pfastbac - dual - p85 plasmid was transformed into e . coli dh10 bac cells and white colonies were selected on plates containing kanomycin , gentamycin , tetracyoline , x - gel and iptg . one white colony was restreaked on a similar plate for repurification . recombinant p85 - bacmid dna was purified from this clone . the plasmid pcdna3 : p110δ containing the entire p110δ coding region with the flag tag was digested with bamhi and xbai , gel purified and inserted into the bamhi - xbai site of pfastbac htb ( gibco brl ) such that the coding region of flag - tagged p110δ was in frame with the coding sequences of the histidine - tag present in the vector . the ligation mixture was then transformed into e . coli xl - 1 blue ( stratagene ). a clone carrying pfast - bac htb p110δ was isolated and the plasmid dna was isolated and the plasmid dna was purified . p110δ - bacmid dna was prepared by transforming e . coli dh10 bac cells as described for p85 - bacmid . to prepare virus stocks , the p85 - bacmid and the p1106δ - bacmid dnas were separately transfected into sf - 9 cells according to the gibco brl suggested protocol . forty - eight hours after transfection , the sf9 cell pellet and baculovirus produced by the transfected cells were harvested . the virus was stored at 4 ° c . in grace &# 39 ; s complete media containing 10 % fbs , pennicillin - streptomycin , and gentamicin . this viral prep was used to make a high titer ( p2 ) virus stock . the p2 virus stock was used to infect a 50 ml culture of sf9 cells . the cells were collected 48 hours after infection and centrifuged at low speed to pellet the cells without lysis . the cell pellet was stored at - 20 ° c . for 24 hours before lysis . the cells were lysed in 5 ml of lysis buffer ( 50 mm tris , ph 8 . 0 ; 500 mm nacl ; 1 % np40 ; 100 μm pmsf ). expression of p85 and p110δ was confirmed by immunoblot using the m2 antibody anti - flag as a probe . the sf - 9 transfected cells produced an approximately 85 kda protein and a 110 kda protein which were immunoreactive with anti - flag antibodies . the p2 virus stock were also used to co - infect a 2 liter culture of sf9 cells . the cells were collected 48 hours after infection , centrifuged at low speed to pellet the cells without lysis and stored at - 20 ° c . a cell pellet from 150 mls of this culture was lysed in 7 . 5 ml of lysis buffer ( 50 mm napo 4 ph7 . 2 ; 0 . 5 % np - 40 ; 10 mm imidazole , 25 mm naf , 100 μm na 3 vo 4 ; 0 . 5 mm aebsf ; 1 μg / ml leupeptin ; 1 μg / ml pepstatin a ) and incubated on ice for 15 minutes . the lysate was then centrifuged for 30 minutes at 10 , 000 × g . the supernatant was removed and any dna in the lysate resulting from broken nuclei was sheared by aspirating through an 20 gauge needle . particulate matter was then removed by filtering through a 0 . 8 micron filter followed by a 0 . 2 micron filter . this cleared lysate was adjusted to contain 5 mm β - mercaptoethanol and 0 . 4 m nacl . a 1 ml ni - nta - agarose column ( qiagen ) was equilibrated in buffer a ( 0 . 4 m nacl ; 5 mm β - mercaptoethanol ; 0 . 1 % triton x - 100 ; 50 mm napo 4 10 mm imidazole ; 25 mm naf , 100 μm na 3 vo 4 ; 0 . 5 mm aebsf ; 1 μg / ml leupeptin ; 1 μg / ml pepstatin a ) prior to loading the cleared lysate . the sample was loaded at a flow rate of 0 . 25 ml / minute , washed 5 ml of buffer a and then eluted in 10 ml of a gradient of 50 to 500 mm imidazole in buffer a . the ability of p110δ to associate with p85 was assessed by western blot analysis . cos cells were transiently transfected with p110δ ( see example 2 ) and association with endogenous p85 was determined by coimmunoprecipitation . as controls , cells were also transfected with flag - tagged p85 dna or empty vector . the cdna encoding the p85 subunit was isolated from human leukocyte cdna by marathon - race pcr . the cdna sequence of p85 was described in otsu , cell , 65 : 91 - 104 ( 1992 ). the p85 cdna was modified for expression as a flag - tagged protein ( pcdna3 : p85 ) in a manner similar to the protocols described herein for p110δ . cos cells were lysed in 3 ml buffer r ( 1 % triton x - 100 , 150 mm nacl , 10 mm tris ph7 . 5 , 1 mm egta , 0 . 5 % np - 40 , 0 . 2mm na 3 vo 4 , 0 . 2 mm pmsf , 1 × aprotinin , 1 × leupeptin , 1 × pepstatin a ). after 10 minutes at 4 ° c ., the lysates were sheared by passing through a 27g needle several times . the lysates were clarified by centrifugation at 16 , 000 × g for 10 minutes at 4 ° c ., and immunoprecipitated for 2 hours at 4 ° c . with either 1 μg anti - p110β ( santa cruz laboratories , santa cruz , calif . ), 10 μg anti - flag - m2 ( eastman kodak ), or 1 μg anti - p85 ( santa cruz laboratories ). immune complexes were bound to 60 μl of protein g - sepharose ( pharmacia ) for 30 minutes at 4 ° c . then washed 3 times in 300 μl of buffer r and resuspended in 25 μl pan ( 100 mm nacl , 10 mm pipes ph7 . 0 , 20 μg / ml aprotinin ). 5 μl of each immunoprecipitate was resolved by 8 % sds - page ( novex ), transferred to immobilon - p ( millipore ), blocked one hour at room temperature in 5 % non - fat dried milk in tbs , and detected by western blotting using either anti - p85 rabbit polyclonal antibodies ( santa cruz laboratories ) at 1 μg / ml followed by goat anti - rabbit igg hrp conjugated secondary antibody ( boehringer ) or anti - flag - m2 monoclonal antibody at 10 μg / ml followed by goat anti - mouse igg hrp conjugated secondary antibody ( boehringer ). the westerns showed that anti - flag - m2 antibody recognized immune complexes including flag - tagged p85 and flag - tagged p110δ . while the activation of pi 3 - kinase in a wide range of biological systems has been extensively studied , less is known concerning the cell type specific expression of particular p110 isoformis . the expression of p110δ in human heart , brain , placenta , lung , liver , skeletal muscle , kidney , pancreas , spleen , thymus , prostate , testis , uterus , small intestine , colon , and pbmc was determined by northern blot analysis . 32 p - labelled cdna probes were prepared by pcr using 10 ng of plasmid dna template encoding p110δ , as described previously [ godiska et al , j . neuroimmun ., 58 : 167 - 176 ( 1995 )]. the forward primer was ctgccatgttgctcttgttga ( seq id no : 16 ) and the reverse primer was gagttcgacatcaacatc ( seq id no : 17 ). reactions were heated for 4 minutes at 94 ° c ., followed by 15 cycles of denaturation for 1 minutes at 94 ° c ., annealing for 1 minutes at 55 ° c . and extension for 2 minutes at 72 ° c . unincorporated nucleotides were removed by passing the reaction over a sephadex g50 column ( boehringer mannheim biochemicals ). a multiple tissue northern blot ( clontech , palo alto , calif .) was probed and washed under stringent conditions according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s recommendations . the autoradiograph was exposed for 1 - 4 days at - 80 ° c . with intensifying screens . northern blot analysis revealed a single transcript of approximately 5 . 4 kb ( consistent with the size of the composite cdna ). the highest levels of expression were seen in peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( pbmc ) and in spleen and thymus . on prolonged exposure of the autoradiograph , expression of p110δ could also be detected in testes , uterus , colon , and small intestine , but not in other tissues examined including prostate , heart , brain , and liver . in contrast , p110β is expressed at high levels in brain , heart , kidney and liver , but cannot be readily detected in lymphoid tissues such as spleen . p110β is expressed at high levels in the transformed jurkat t cell line ( hu et al . 1993 ). the expression of the p110α isoform has not been well documented . p110 isoforms have been shown to differ with respect to their preferred substrate specificities [ stephens et al ., current biology , 4 : 203 - 214 ( 1994 )]. in view of their potential for interaction with a common p85 adaptor protein , it is likely that the nature of the phosphorylated lipids generated in response to a particular agonist may be regulated at least in part by the cell / tissue specific expression of the different isoforms of the kinase enzymatic activity . the abundant expression of p110δ in pbl and lymphoid tissues such as spleen and thymus suggests that this isoform may be involved in aspects of leukocyte activation . monoclonal antibodies were generated against the carboxy terminal portion of p110δ ( amino acids 740 - 1044 of seq id no : 2 ) expressed as a fusion protein with glutathione s transferase ( gst ) [ pharmacia , alameda , calif .]. five balb / c mice ( charles river biotechnical services , inc ., wilmington , mass ., iacuc # 901103 ) were immunized subcutaneously with 30 ug of antigen in complete freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant [ cfa ] ( sigma ), a second immunization of 30 ug of antigen in incomplete freunds adjuvant ( ifa ) ( sigma ) was administered on day 22 . a third immunization with 30 ug of antigen in ifa was administered on day 44 . immune serum was collected via retro - orbital bleeding on day 55 and tested by western blotting to determine reactivity to p110δ . all animals showed reactivity towards the immunogen and were immunized a fourth time on day 66 with 30 ug of antigen in ifa . immune serum was collected via retro - orbital bleeding on day 76 and tested by western blotting to determine its reactivity , animal # 2321 showed the highest level of immunoreactivity and was chosen for fusion . on day 367 and 368 mouse # 2321 was injected intraperitoneally with 50 ug of antigen in pbs and a fusion was performed on day 371 . the spleen was removed sterilely and a single - cell suspension was formed by grinding the spleen between the frosted ends of two glass microscope slides submerged in serum free rpmi 1640 , supplemented with 2 mm l - glutamine , 1mm sodium pyruvate , 100 units / ml penicillin , and 100 μg / ml streptomycin ( rpmi ) ( gibco , canada ). the cell suspension was filtered through sterile 70 - mesh nitex cell strainer ( becton dickinson , parsippany , n . j . ), and washed twice by centrifuging at 200 g for 5 minutes and resuspending the pellet in 20 ml serum free rpmi . thymocytes taken from 3 naive balb / c mice were prepared in the same manner . two × 10 8 spleen cells were combined with 4 × 10 7 ns - 1 cells ( kept in log phase in rpmi with 11 % fetal bovine serum ( fbs ) for three days prior to fusion ), centrifuged and the supernatant was aspirated . the cell pellet was dislodged by tapping the tube and 2 ml of 37 ° c . peg 1500 ( 50 % in 75 mm hepes , ph 8 . 0 ) ( boehrnger mannheim ) was added with stirring over the course of 1 minute , followed by adding 14 ml of serum free rpmi over 7 minutes . an additional 16 ml rpmi was added and the cells were centrifuged at 200 g for 10 minutes . after discarding the supernatant , the pellet was resuspended in 200 ml rpmi containing 15 % fbs , 100 mm sodium hypoxanthine , 0 . 4 mm aminopterin , 16 mm thymidine ( hat ) ( gibco ), 25 units / ml il - 6 ( boehringer mannheim ) and 1 . 5 × 10 6 thymocytes / ml . the suspension was dispensed into ten 96 - well flat bottom tissue culture plates ( corning , united kingdom ) at 200 μi / well . cells were fed on days 2 , 4 , and 6 days post - fusion by aspirating 100 μl from each well with an 18 g needle ( becton dickinson ), and adding 100 μl / well plating medium containing 10 u / ml il - 6 and lacking thymocytes . when cell growth reached 60 - 80 % confluence ( day 8 - 10 ), culture supernatants were taken from each well and screened for reactivity to p110δ by elisa . immulon 4 plates ( dynatech , cambridge , mass .) were coated at 4 ° c . with 50 μl / well with 100 ng / well of p110δ : gst or gst in 50 mm carbonate buffer , ph 9 . 6 . plates were washed 3 × with pbs with 0 . 05 %, tween 20 ( pbst ), blocked 30 minutes at 37 ° c . with 0 . 5 % fish skin gelatin . plates were washed as described above and 50 μl culture supernatant was added . after incubation at 37 ° c . for 30 minutes , 50 μl of horseradish peroxidase conjugated goat anti - mouse igg ( fc ) ( jackson immunoresearch , west grove , pa .) [ diluted 1 : 10 , 000 in pbst ] was added . plates were incubated at 37 ° c . for 30 minutes , washed 4 × with pbst and 100 μl of substrate , consisting of 1 mg / ml tmb ( sigma ) and 0 . 15 ml / ml 30 % h 2 o 2 in 100 mm citrate , ph 4 . 5 , was added . the color reaction was stopped in 3 minutes with the addition of 50 ml of 15 % h 2 so 4 . a 450 was read on a plate reader ( dynatech ). thirty - six wells showed preferential reactivity to p110δ versus gst . supernatants from these wells were then screened for reactivity to recombinant p110δ by western blotting . ten wells ( 208a , 208b , 208c , 208d , 208e , 208f , 208g , 208h , 208i , and 208j ) showed reactivity by western blotting and were cloned twice by limiting dilution . selected wells were tested by elisa 7 - 10 days later . activity was retained in all ten lines . monoclonal antibodies produced by the cell lines were isotyped by elisa assay . 208a , 208c , 208d , 208e , 208g , 208h , 208i were igg 2n , while 208j was igg 1 and 208b was igg2b . an exemplary monoclonal antibody , produced by hybridoma cell line 208f ( atcc hb 12200 ), showed high reactivity with p110δ and recognized a 110 kd protein in pbmc by western analysis . the molecular weight of the 110 kd protein is consistent with the molecular weight of p110δ . elevated levels of 3 &# 39 ; phosphorylated phosphoinositides have been detected in cells transformed with viral oncoproteins . this observation suggests that pi 3 - kinases may play a role in carcinogenesis . chromosomal localization of p110δ provides insights into the role of pi 3 - kinase in carcinogenesis . chromosomal localization studies of p110δ of cancerous cells may identify inappropriate and / or over expression of p110δ . for example , in 90 - 95 % of chronic myelogenous leukaemia there is a reciprocal chromosomal translocation which leads to the transfer of the tyrosine kinase c - abl from chromosome 9 into the ber gene on chromosome 22 . the resultant inappropriate expression of c - abl tyrosine kinase activity is critical for cell transformation and tumorigenesis . chromosomal localization of p110δ is determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization ( fish ) using the complete cdna for p110δ as a probe . in this manner , the role of p110δ in chromosomal translocations observed during tumorigenesis ( e . g . leukemogenesis ) is identified . pi 3 - kinase activity has been reported to be associated with a number of growth factor receptors . in addition , it has been observed that pi 3 - kinase activity increases following cell activation . the antibodies to p110δ disclosed in example 5 are utilized to determine by western blotting and immunoprecipitation the nature of the receptors with which p110δ associates . these antibodies are also useful in elucidating the regulation of pi 3 - kinase enzymatic activity and cellular localization during cell activation . in view of the high levels of expression of p110δ in the immune system , it is likely that growth factor receptors involved in immune activation may associate with or be regulated by p110δ . these receptors include t - cell receptors cd28 and cd2 and cytokine receptors such as il - 1 and il - 4 , and tyrosine kinase coupled receptors such as csf - 1 r . to determine the functional role of p110δ in vivo , the p110δ gene is inactivated in the germline of mammals by homologous recombination . animals in which an endogenous gene has been inactivated by homologous recombination are also known as &# 34 ; knockout &# 34 ; animals . exemplary mammals include rabbits and rodent species such as mice . &# 34 ; knockout &# 34 ; animals can be prepared by homologous recombination methods using the p110δ genomic clone of example 3 . these &# 34 ; knockout &# 34 ; animals allow for the determination of the role of p110δ in immune and proliferative responses . the role of p110δ in immune and proliferative response is determined by analysis of the development of the immune system in these animals ( as determined by facs analysis of cell populations at different stages of development ), characterization of the effector function of the mature lymphoid populations of these animals both in vivo ( as determined by antibody responses to injected antigens , cytotoxic t cell responses to viruses and or injected tumor cell lines , and the ability to reject allografts ) and in vitro ( as determined by proliferation of lymphocytes in response to allo - antigen , polyclonal activation by mitogens / superantigens , and the ability to elaborate cytokines ). while the present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiments , it is understood that variations and modifications will occur to those skilled in the art . accordingly , only such limitations as appear in the appended claims should be placed on the invention . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - - - - ( 1 ) general information : - - ( iii ) number of sequences : 17 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 5220 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 196 .. 3327 - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : - - cagtcgctcc gagcggccgc gagcagagcc gcccagccct gtcagctgcg cc -# gggacgat 60 - - aaggagtcag gccagggcgg gatgacactc attgattcta aagcatcttt aa -# tctgccag 120 - 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# 180 - # 185 - - gcc ctt ctg gtc aac gtt aag ttt gag ggc ag - # c gag gag agc ttc acc807 ala leu leu val asn val lys phe glu gly se - # r glu glu ser phe thr190 - # 195 - # 200 - - ttc cag gtg tcc acc aag gac gtg ccg ctg gc - # g ctg atg gcc tgt gcc855 phe gln val ser thr lys asp val pro leu al - # a leu met ala cys ala 205 2 - # 10 2 - # 15 2 -# 20 - - ctg cgg aag aag gcc aca gtg ttc cgg cag cc - # g ctg gtg gag cagccg 903 leu arg lys lys ala thr val phe arg gln pr - # o leu val glu gln pro 225 - # 230 - # 235 - - gaa gac tac acg ctg cag gtg aac ggc agg ca - # t gag tac ctg tat ggc951 glu asp tyr thr leu gln val asn gly arg hi - # s glu tyr leu tyr gly 240 - # 245 - # 250 - - aac tac ccg ctc tgc cag ttc cag tac atc tg - # c agc tgc ctg cac agt999 asn tyr pro leu cys gln phe gln tyr ile cy - # s ser cys leu his ser 255 - # 260 - # 265 - - ggg ttg acc cct cac ctg acc atg gtc cat tc - # c tcc tcc atc ctc gcc 1047 gly leu thr pro his leu thr met val his se - # r ser ser ile leu ala270 - # 275 - # 280 - - atg cgg gat gag cag agc aac cct gcc ccc ca - # g gtc cag aaa ccg cgt 1095 met arg asp glu gln ser asn pro ala pro gl - # n val gln lys pro arg 285 2 - # 90 2 - # 95 3 -# 00 - - gcc aaa cca cct ccc att cct gcg aag aag cc - # t tcc tct gtg tccctg 1143 ala lys pro pro pro ile pro ala lys lys pr - # o ser ser val ser leu 305 - # 310 - # 315 - - tgg tcc ctg gag cag ccg ttc cgc atc gag ct - # c atc cag ggc agc aaa 1191 trp ser leu glu gln pro phe arg ile glu le - # u ile gln gly ser lys 320 - # 325 - # 330 - - gtg aac gcc gac gag cgg atg aag ctg gtg gt - # g cag gcc ggg ctt ttc 1239 val asn ala asp glu arg met lys leu val va - # l gln ala gly leu phe 335 - # 340 - # 345 - - cac ggc aac gag atg ctg tgc aag acg gtg tc - # c agc tcg gag gtg agc 1287 his gly asn glu met leu cys lys thr val se - # r ser ser glu val ser350 - # 355 - # 360 - - gtg tgc tcg gag ccc gtg tgg aag cag cgg ct - # g gag ttc gac atc aac 1335 val cys ser glu pro val trp lys gln arg le - # u glu phe asp ile asn 365 3 - # 70 3 - # 75 3 -# 80 - - atc tgc gac ctg ccc cgc atg gcc cgt ctc tg - # c ttt gcg ctg tacgcc 1383 ile cys asp leu pro arg met ala arg leu cy - # s phe ala leu tyr ala 385 - # 390 - # 395 - - gtg atc gag aaa gcc aag aag gct cgc tcc ac - # c aag aag aag tcc aag 1431 val ile glu lys ala lys lys ala arg ser th - # r lys lys lys ser lys 400 - # 405 - # 410 - - aag gcg gac tgc ccc att gcc tgg gcc aac ct - # c atg ctg ttt gac tac 1479 lys ala asp cys pro ile ala trp ala asn le - # u met leu phe asp tyr 415 - # 420 - # 425 - - aag gac cag ctt aag acc ggg gaa cgc tgc ct - # c tac atg tgg ccc tcc 1527 lys asp gln leu lys thr gly glu arg cys le - # u tyr met trp pro ser430 - # 435 - # 440 - - gtc cca gat gag aag ggc gag ctg ctg aac cc - # c acg ggc act gtg cgc 1575 val pro asp glu lys gly glu leu leu asn pr - # o thr gly thr val arg 445 4 - # 50 4 - # 55 4 -# 60 - - agt aac ccc aac acg gat agc gcc gct gcc ct - # g ctc atc tgc ctgccc 1623 ser asn pro asn thr asp ser ala ala ala le - # u leu ile cys leu pro 465 - # 470 - # 475 - - gag gtg gcc ccg cac ccc gtg tac tac ccc gc - # c ctg gag aag atc ttg 1671 glu val ala pro his pro val tyr tyr pro al - # a leu glu lys ile leu 480 - # 485 - # 490 - - gag ctg ggg cga cac agc gag tgt gtg cat gt - # c acc gag gag gag cag 1719 glu leu gly arg his ser glu cys val his va - # l thr glu glu glu gln 495 - # 500 - # 505 - - ctg cag ctg cgg gaa atc ctg gag cgg cgg gg - # g tct ggg gag ctg tat 1767 leu gln leu arg glu ile leu glu arg arg gl - # y ser gly glu leu tyr510 - # 515 - # 520 - - gag cac gag aag gac ctg gtg tgg aag ctg cg - # g cat gaa gtc cag gag 1815 glu his glu lys asp leu val trp lys leu ar - # g his glu val gln glu 525 5 - # 30 5 - # 35 5 -# 40 - - cac ttc ccg gag gcg cta gcc cgg ctg ctg ct - # g gtc acc aag tggaac 1863 his phe pro glu ala leu ala arg leu leu le - # u val thr lys trp asn 545 - # 550 - # 555 - - aag cat gag gat gtg gcc cag atg ctc tac ct - # g ctg tgc tcc tgg ccg 1911 lys his glu asp val ala gln met leu tyr le - # u leu cys ser trp pro 560 - # 565 - # 570 - - gag ctg ccc gtc ctg agc gcc ctg gag ctg ct - # a gac ttc agc ttc ccc 1959 glu leu pro val leu ser ala leu glu leu le - # u asp phe ser phe pro 575 - # 580 - # 585 - - gat tgc cac gta ggc tcc ttc gcc atc aag tc - # g ctg cgg aaa ctg acg 2007 asp cys his val gly ser phe ala ile lys se - # r leu arg lys leu thr590 - # 595 - # 600 - - gac gat gag ctg ttc cag tac ctg ctg cag ct - # g gtg cag gtg ctc aag 2055 asp asp glu leu phe gln tyr leu leu gln le - # u val gln val leu lys 605 6 - # 10 6 - # 15 6 -# 20 - - tac gag tcc tac ctg gac tgc gag ctg acc aa - # a ttc ctg ctg gaccgg 2103 tyr glu ser tyr leu asp cys glu leu thr ly - # s phe leu leu asp arg 625 - # 630 - # 635 - - gcc ctg gcc aac cgc aag atc ggc cac ttc ct - # t ttc tgg cac ctc cgc 2151 ala leu ala asn arg lys ile gly his phe le - # u phe trp his leu arg 640 - # 645 - # 650 - - tcc gag atg cac gtg ccg tcg gtg gcc ctg cg - # c ttc ggc ctc atc ctg 2199 ser glu met his val pro ser val ala leu ar - # g phe gly leu ile leu 655 - # 660 - # 665 - - gag gcc tac tgc agg ggc agc acc cac cac at - # g aag gtg ctg atg aag 2247 glu ala tyr cys arg gly ser thr his his me - # t lys val leu met lys670 - # 675 - # 680 - - cag ggg gaa gca ctg agc aaa ctg aag gcc ct - # g aat gac ttc gtc aag 2295 gln gly glu ala leu ser lys leu lys ala le - # u asn asp phe val lys 685 6 - # 90 6 - # 95 7 -# 00 - - ctg agc tct cag aag acc ccc aag ccc cag ac - # c aag gag ctg atgcac 2343 leu ser ser gln lys thr pro lys pro gln th - # r lys glu leu met his 705 - # 710 - # 715 - - ttg tgc atg cgg cag gag gcc tac cta gag gc - # c ctc tcc cac ctg cag 2391 leu cys met arg gln glu ala tyr leu glu al - # a leu ser his leu gln 720 - # 725 - # 730 - - tcc cca ctc gac ccc agc acc ctg ctg gct ga - # a gtc tgc gtg gag cag 2439 ser pro leu asp pro ser thr leu leu ala gl - # u val cys val glu gln 735 - # 740 - # 745 - - tgc acc ttc atg gac tcc aag atg aag ccc ct - # g tgg atc atg tac agc 2487 cys thr phe met asp ser lys met lys pro le - # u trp ile met tyr ser750 - # 755 - # 760 - - aac gag gag gca ggc agc ggc ggc agc gtg gg - # c atc atc ttt aag aac 2535 asn glu glu ala gly ser gly gly ser val gl - # y ile ile phe lys asn 765 7 - # 70 7 - # 75 7 -# 80 - - ggg gat gac ctc cgg cag gac atg ctg acc ct - # g cag atg atc cagctc 2583 gly asp asp leu arg gln asp met leu thr le - # u gln met ile gln leu 785 - # 790 - # 795 - - atg gac gtc ctg tgg aag cag gag ggg ctg ga - # c ctg agg atg acc ccc 2631 met asp val leu trp lys gln glu gly leu as - # p leu arg met thr pro 800 - # 805 - # 810 - - tat ggc tgc ctc ccc acc ggg gac cgc aca gg - # c ctc att gag gtg gta 2679 tyr gly cys leu pro thr gly asp arg thr gl - # y leu ile glu val val 815 - # 820 - # 825 - - ctc cgt tca gac acc atc gcc aac atc caa ct - # c aac aag agc aac atg 2727 leu arg ser asp thr ile ala asn ile gln le - # u asn lys ser asn met830 - # 835 - # 840 - - gca gcc aca gcc gcc ttc aac aag gat gcc ct - # g ctc aac tgg ctg aag 2775 ala ala thr ala ala phe asn lys asp ala le - # u leu asn trp leu lys 845 8 - # 50 8 - # 55 8 -# 60 - - tcc aag aac ccg ggg gag gcc ctg gat cga gc - # c att gag gag ttcacc 2823 ser lys asn pro gly glu ala leu asp arg al - # a ile glu glu phe thr 865 - # 870 - # 875 - - ctc tcc tgt gct ggc tat tgt gtg gcc aca ta - # t gtg ctg ggc att ggc 2871 leu ser cys ala gly tyr cys val ala thr ty - # r val leu gly ile gly 880 - # 885 - # 890 - - gat cgg cac agc gac aac atc atg atc cga ga - # g agt ggg cag ctg ttc 2919 asp arg his ser asp asn ile met ile arg gl - # u ser gly gln leu phe 895 - # 900 - # 905 - - cac att gat ttt ggc cac ttt ctg ggg aat tt - # c aag acc aag ttt gga 2967 his ile asp phe gly his phe leu gly asn ph - # e lys thr lys phe gly910 - # 915 - # 920 - - atc aac cgc gag cgt gtc cca ttc atc ctc ac - # c tat gac ttt gtc cat 3015 ile asn arg glu arg val pro phe ile leu th - # r tyr asp phe val his 925 9 - # 30 9 - # 35 9 -# 40 - - gtg att cag cag ggg aag act aat aat agt ga - # g aaa ttt gaa cggttc 3063 val ile gln gln gly lys thr asn asn ser gl - # u lys phe glu arg phe 945 - 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# p tyr lys asp gln leu 420 - # 425 - # 430 - - lys thr gly glu arg cys leu tyr met trp pr - # o ser val pro asp glu 435 - # 440 - # 445 - - lys gly glu leu leu asn pro thr gly thr va - # l arg ser asn pro asn450 - # 455 - # 460 - - thr asp ser ala ala ala leu leu ile cys le - # u pro glu val ala pro 465 4 - # 70 4 - # 75 4 -# 80 - - his pro val tyr tyr pro ala leu glu lys il - # e leu glu leu glyarg 485 - # 490 - # 495 - - his ser glu cys val his val thr glu glu gl - # u gln leu gln leu arg 500 - # 505 - # 510 - - glu ile leu glu arg arg gly ser gly glu le - # u tyr glu his glu lys 515 - # 520 - # 525 - - asp leu val trp lys leu arg his glu val gl - # n glu his phe pro glu530 - # 535 - # 540 - - ala leu ala arg leu leu leu val thr lys tr - # p asn lys his glu asp 545 5 - # 50 5 - # 55 5 -# 60 - - val ala gln met leu tyr leu leu cys ser tr - # p pro glu leu proval 565 - # 570 - # 575 - - leu ser ala leu glu leu leu asp phe ser ph - # e pro asp cys his val 580 - # 585 - # 590 - - gly ser phe ala ile lys ser leu arg lys le - # u thr asp asp glu leu 595 - # 600 - # 605 - - phe gln tyr leu leu gln leu val gln val le - # u lys tyr glu ser tyr610 - # 615 - # 620 - - leu asp cys glu leu thr lys phe leu leu as - # p arg ala leu ala asn 625 6 - # 30 6 - # 35 6 -# 40 - - arg lys ile gly his phe leu phe trp his le - # u arg ser glu methis 645 - # 650 - # 655 - - val pro ser val ala leu arg phe gly leu il - # e leu glu ala tyr cys 660 - # 665 - # 670 - - arg gly ser thr his his met lys val leu me - # t lys gln gly glu ala 675 - # 680 - # 685 - - leu ser lys leu lys ala leu asn asp phe va - # l lys leu ser ser gln690 - # 695 - # 700 - - lys thr pro lys pro gln thr lys glu leu me - # t his leu cys met arg 705 7 - # 10 7 - # 15 7 -# 20 - - gln glu ala tyr leu glu ala leu ser his le - # u gln ser pro leuasp 725 - # 730 - # 735 - - pro ser thr leu leu ala glu val cys val gl - # u gln cys thr phe met 740 - # 745 - # 750 - - asp ser lys met lys pro leu trp ile met ty - # r ser asn glu glu ala 755 - # 760 - # 765 - - gly ser gly gly ser val gly ile ile phe ly - # s asn gly asp asp leu770 - # 775 - # 780 - - arg gln asp met leu thr leu gln met ile gl - # n leu met asp val leu 785 7 - # 90 7 - # 95 8 -# 00 - - trp lys gln glu gly leu asp leu arg met th - # r pro tyr gly cysleu 805 - # 810 - # 815 - - pro thr gly asp arg thr gly leu ile glu va - # l val leu arg ser asp 820 - # 825 - # 830 - - thr ile ala asn ile gln leu asn lys ser as - # n met ala ala thr ala 835 - # 840 - # 845 - - ala phe asn lys asp ala leu leu asn trp le - # u lys ser lys asn pro850 - # 855 - # 860 - - gly glu ala leu asp arg ala ile glu glu ph - # e thr leu ser cys ala 865 8 - # 70 8 - # 75 8 -# 80 - - gly tyr cys val ala thr tyr val leu gly il - # e gly asp arg hisser 885 - # 890 - # 895 - - asp asn ile met ile arg glu ser gly gln le - # u phe his ile asp phe 900 - # 905 - # 910 - - gly his phe leu gly asn phe lys thr lys ph - # e gly ile asn arg glu 915 - # 920 - # 925 - - arg val pro phe ile leu thr tyr asp phe va - # l his val ile gln gln930 - # 935 - # 940 - - gly lys thr asn asn ser glu lys phe glu ar - # g phe arg gly tyr cys 945 9 - # 50 9 - # 55 9 -# 60 - - glu arg ala tyr thr ile leu arg arg his gl - # y leu leu phe leuhis 965 - # 970 - # 975 - - leu phe ala leu met arg ala ala gly leu pr - # o glu leu ser cys ser 980 - # 985 - # 990 - - lys asp ile gln tyr leu lys asp ser leu al - # a leu gly lys thr glu 995 - # 1000 - # 1005 - - glu glu ala leu lys his phe arg val lys ph - # e asn glu ala leu arg1010 - # 1015 - # 1020 - - glu ser trp lys thr lys val asn trp leu al - # a his asn val ser lys 1025 1030 - # 1035 - # 1040 - - asp asn arg gln - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 32 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- - # feature ( b ) location : 15 ( d ) other information : - #/ note = &# 34 ; n = inosine &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- - # feature ( b ) location : 24 ( d ) other information : - #/ note = &# 34 ; n = inosine &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : - - gcagacggat ccggngayga yhknagrcar ga - # - # 32 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 7 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : not r - # elevant ( d ) topology : not relev - # ant - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : - - gly asp asp leu arg gln asp 1 5 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 30 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- - # feature ( b ) location : 16 ( d ) other information : - #/ note = &# 34 ; n = inosine &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- - # feature ( b ) location : 25 ( d ) other information : - #/ note = &# 34 ; n = inosine &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : - - gcagacgaat tcrwrnccra artcnryrtg - # - # 30 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 6 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : not r - # elevant ( d ) topology : not relev - # ant - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : - - his ile asp phe gly his 1 5 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 21 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : - - catgctgacc ctgcagatga t - # - # - # 21 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 21 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : - - aacagctgcc cactctctcg g - # - # - # 21 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 26 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : - - gggccacatg tagaggcagc gttccc - # - # 26 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 25 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : cdna - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : - - ggcccaggca atggggcagt ccgcc - # - # 25 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 23 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : - - gatgcggaac ggctgctcca ggg - # - # 23 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 23 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : - - ccagggacca cagggacaca gag - # - # 23 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 65 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : - - agttacggat ccggcaccat ggactacaag gacgacgatg acaagccccc tg -# gggtggac 60 - - tgccc - # - # -# 65 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 22 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : - - ccacatgtag aggcagcgtt cc - # - # 22 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 8 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : not r - # elevant ( d ) topology : not relev - # ant - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : - - asp tyr lys asp asp asp asp lys 1 5 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 21 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : - - ctgccatgtt gctcttgttg a - # - # - # 21 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 18 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : other nucleic acid - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : - - gagttcgaca tcaacatc - # - # - # 18__________________________________________________________________________