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. 1991 May 15;88(10):4377–4381. doi: 10.1073/pnas.88.10.4377

Immunoglobulin variable-region-like domains of diverse sequence within the major histocompatibility complex of the chicken.

M M Miller 1, R Goto 1, S Young 1, J Chirivella 1, D Hawke 1, C G Miyada 1
PMCID: PMC51662  PMID: 1903541

Abstract

The highly polymorphic B-G antigens are considered to be part of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) of the chicken, the B system of histocompatibility, because they are encoded in a family of genes tightly linked with the genes encoding MHC class I and class II antigens. To better understand these unusual MHC antigens, full-length B-G cDNA clones were isolated from B21 embryonic erythroid cell cDNA library, restriction-mapped, and sequenced. Five transcript types were identified. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences suggests that the B-G polypeptides are composed of single extracellular domains that resemble immunoglobulin domains of the variable-region (V) type, single membrane-spanning domains typical of integral membrane proteins, and long cytoplasmic tails. Sequence diversity among the five transcript types was found in all domains, notably including the B-G immunoglobulin V-like domains. The cytoplasmic tails of the B-G antigens are made up entirely of units of seven amino acid residues (heptads) that are typical of an alpha-helical coiled-coil conformation. The heptads vary in number and sequence between the different transcripts. The presence within B-G polypeptides of polymorphic immunoglobulin V-like domains warrants further investigations to determine the degree and nature of variability within this domain in these unusual MHC antigens.

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