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. 1993 Nov 15;90(22):10793–10797. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.22.10793

Cloning of glycoprotein D cDNA, which encodes the major subunit of the Duffy blood group system and the receptor for the Plasmodium vivax malaria parasite.

A Chaudhuri 1, J Polyakova 1, V Zbrzezna 1, K Williams 1, S Gulati 1, A O Pogo 1
PMCID: PMC47864  PMID: 8248172

Abstract

cDNA clones encoding the major subunit of the Duffy blood group were isolated from a human bone marrow cDNA library using a PCR-amplified DNA fragment encoding an internal peptide sequence of glycoprotein D (gpD) protein. The open reading frame of the 1267-bp cDNA clone indicated that gpD protein was composed of 338 amino acids, predicting a M(r) of 35,733, which was the same as a deglycosylated gpD protein. Portions of the predicted amino acid sequence, matched with six CNBr/pepsin peptides obtained from affinity-purified gpD protein. In ELISA analysis, an anti-Duffy murine monoclonal antibody reacted with a synthetic peptide deduced from the cDNA clone. Hydropathy analysis suggested the presence of 9 membrane-spanning alpha-helices. In bone marrow RNA blot analysis, the gpD cDNA detected a 1.27-kb mRNA in Duffy-positive but not in Duffy-negative individuals. It also identified the same size mRNA in adult kidney, adult spleen, and fetal liver; in brain, it detected a prominent 8.5-kb and a minor 2.2-kb mRNA. In Southern blot analysis, gpD cDNA identified a single gene in Duffy-positive and -negative individuals. Duffy-negative individuals, therefore, have the gpD gene, but it is not expressed in bone marrow. The same or a similar gene is active in adult kidney, adult spleen, and fetal liver of Duffy-positive individuals. Whether this is true in Duffy-negative individuals remains to be demonstrated. A GenBank sequence search yielded a significant protein sequence homology to human and rabbit interleukin-8 receptors.

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