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PKD2, a gene for polycystic kidney disease that encodes an integral membrane protein

  • Toshio Mochizuki
  • , Guanqing Wu
  • , Tomohito Hayashi
  • , Stavroulla L. Xenophontos
  • , Barbera Veldhuisen
  • , Jasper J. Saris
  • , David M. Reynolds
  • , Yiqiang Cai
  • , Patricia A. Gabow
  • , Alkis Pierides
  • , William J. Kimberling
  • , Martijn H. Breuning
  • , C. Constantinou Deltas
  • , Dorien J.M. Peters
  • , Stefan Somlo

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Abstract

A second gene for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease was identified by positional cloning. Nonsense mutations in this gene (PKD2) segregated with the disease in three PKD2 families. The predicted 968-amino acid sequence of the PKD2 gene product has six transmembrane spans with intracellular amino- and carboxyl-termini. The PKD2 protein has amino acid similarity with PKD1, the Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of PKD1, and the family of voltage-activated calcium (and sodium) channels, and it contains a potential calcium-binding domain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1339-1342
Number of pages4
JournalScience
Volume272
Issue number5266
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 May 1996
Externally publishedYes

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