1999
Mutations in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease 2 gene: Reduced expression of PKD2 protein in lymphoblastoid cells
Aguiari G, Manzati E, Penolazzi L, Micheletti F, Augello G, De Vitali E, Cappelli G, Cai Y, Reynolds D, Somlo S, Piva R, del Senno L. Mutations in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease 2 gene: Reduced expression of PKD2 protein in lymphoblastoid cells. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 1999, 33: 880-885. PMID: 10213643, DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(99)70420-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystic kidney disease 2 (PKD2) geneMembrane-spanning domainsIntegral membrane proteinsLymphoblastoid cellsFirst extracellular loopAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePKD2 proteinMembrane proteinsRestriction enzyme analysisCommon genetic diseaseLymphoblastoid cell linesProtein productsMutant allelesExtracellular loopWestern blot analysisPKD2 genePolymerase chain reactionGenetic diseasesNormal proteinAmino acidsMessenger RNA levelsNonsense mutationFrameshift mutationGenesProtein
1996
PKD2, a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein
Mochizuki T, Wu G, Hayashi T, Xenophontos S, Veldhuisen B, Saris J, Reynolds D, Cai Y, Gabow P, Pierides A, Kimberling W, Breuning M, Deltas C, Peters D, Somlo S. PKD2, a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein. Science 1996, 272: 1339-1342. PMID: 8650545, DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5266.1339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCaenorhabditis elegansCalcium ChannelsChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 4Cloning, MolecularConsensus SequenceCrystallography, X-RayFemaleGlycosylationHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutationPedigreePhenotypePolycystic Kidney, Autosomal DominantPolymorphism, Single-Stranded ConformationalProteinsSodium ChannelsTRPP Cation ChannelsConceptsCaenorhabditis elegans homologIntegral membrane proteinsAmino acid similarityPKD2 gene productCalcium-binding domainPKD2 proteinTransmembrane spansPolycystic kidney diseasePositional cloningPotential calcium-binding domainsSecond geneMembrane proteinsGene productsAcid sequenceIntracellular aminoNonsense mutationGenesAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePKD1Dominant polycystic kidney diseasePKD2 familiesProteinVoltage-activated calcium channelsHomologCalcium channels