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. 1988 Aug;7(8):2343–2350. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1988.tb03078.x

Human lysosomal acid phosphatase: cloning, expression and chromosomal assignment.

R Pohlmann 1, C Krentler 1, B Schmidt 1, W Schröder 1, G Lorkowski 1, J Culley 1, G Mersmann 1, C Geier 1, A Waheed 1, S Gottschalk 1, et al.
PMCID: PMC457099  PMID: 3191910

Abstract

A 2112-bp cDNA clone (lambda CT29) encoding the entire sequence of the human lysosomal acid phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2) was isolated from a lambda gt11 human placenta cDNA library. The cDNA hybridized with a 2.3-kb mRNA from human liver and HL-60 promyelocytes. The gene for lysosomal acid phosphatase was localized to human chromosome 11. The cDNA includes a 12-bp 5' non-coding region, an open reading frame of 1269 bp and an 831-bp 3' non-coding region with a putative polyadenylation signal 25 bp upstream of a 3' poly(A) tract. The deduced amino acid sequence reveals a putative signal sequence of 30 amino acids followed by a sequence of 393 amino acids that contains eight potential glycosylation sites and a hydrophobic region, which could function as a transmembrane domain. A 60% homology between the known 23 N-terminal amino acid residues of human prostatic acid phosphatase and the N-terminal sequence of lysosomal acid phosphatase suggests an evolutionary link between these two phosphatases. Insertion of the cDNA into the expression vector pSVL yielded a construct that encoded enzymatically active acid phosphatase in transfected monkey COS cells.

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