PMID:9191101

Citation	Kadota, Y, Niiya, A, Masaki, R, Yamamoto, A, Araki, M and Taketani, S (1997) A newly identified membrane protein localized exclusively in intracellular organelles of neurons. Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. 46:265-73
Abstract	We report here cloning of the cDNA of a novel membrane protein, termed p24, which, of the eight mouse tissues tested, was found only in brain where it is localized exclusively in neurons. The cDNA encodes 196 amino acids with a molecular weight of approximately 24000. P24 contains two putative membrane spanning domains and a sequence in the hydrophilic tail homologous to the microtubule-binding domain of microtubule-associated proteins, such as TAU and MAP-2. We prepared antibodies to p24 and demonstrated that the protein is rich in nerve fibers of the cerebral cortex, anterior cerebral nuclei and hypothalamus. When neuroblastoma Neuro 2a cells were treated with retinoic acid to induce differentiation, p24 mRNA increased but the p24 protein was not detected. The protein expressed from the p24 cDNA in non-neuronal Cos-7 cells was 24 kDa in size and were localized only in lysosomes. These findings indicate that p24 is a neuron-specific membrane protein localized in intracellular organelles of highly differentiated neural cells and suggest that it may play a role in the neural organelle transport system.
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Keywords	Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Cloning, Molecular; Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Molecular Sequence Data; Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism; Neuroblastoma; Neurons/cytology; Neurons/metabolism; Organelles/metabolism; Tumor Cells, Cultured
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