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. 1995 Jun 20;92(13):6037–6041. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.13.6037

Expression cloning of a cDNA encoding a fish prolactin receptor.

O Sandra 1, F Sohm 1, A de Luze 1, P Prunet 1, M Edery 1, P A Kelly 1
PMCID: PMC41637  PMID: 7597076

Abstract

By using an expression cloning strategy, we isolated a single positive clone encoding a tilapia prolactin (PRL) receptor. Tilapia PRL188 was used to screen a freshwater tilapia kidney expression library transfected in COS cells. The tilapia PRL receptor is a mature protein of 606 amino acids. The extracellular domain is devoid of the tandem repeat units present in birds and has two pairs of cysteine residues, a Trp-Ser-Xaa-Trp-Ser motif, and two potential N-glycosylation sites. The cytoplasmic domain contains 372 amino acids, including box 1, a sequence previously shown to be important for signal transduction in mammalian species. Thus, the general structure is similar to the long form of mammalian PRL receptors; however, amino acid comparisons reveal a rather low identity (approximately 37%). Northern blot analysis shows the existence of a single transcript in osmoregulatory tissues and reproductive organs. This localization is in agreement with known functions of PRL in teleosts.

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