Apolipoprotein B is a major protein constituent of chylomicrons (apo B-48), LDL (apo B-100) and VLDL (apo B-100). Apo B-100 functions as a recognition signal for the cellular binding and internalization of LDL particles by the apoB/E receptor. (updated: April 1, 2015)
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No sequence conservation computed yet.
This protein is annotated as membranous in Gene Ontology.
Total structural coverage: 0%
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The reference OMIM entry for this protein is 107730
Apolipoprotein b; apob apob100, included
Apob48, included
Apolipoprotein b allotypes, included
Ag lipoprotein types, included
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol level quantitative trait locus 4, included; ldlcq4, included
DESCRIPTION
Apolipoprotein B is the main apolipoprotein on chylomicrons and low density lipoproteins (LDLs). It occurs in the plasma in 2 main forms, apoB48 and apoB100. The first is synthesized exclusively by the intestine, the second by the liver (summary by Law et al., 1985).
CLONING
Lusis et al. (1985) identified cDNA clones for rat liver apoB. Law et al. (1985) cloned human APOB. Deeb et al. (1986) found that APOB RNA isolated from monkey small intestine contained sequences homologous to the cDNA of apolipoprotein B100. These results were interpreted as indicating that intestinal (B48) and hepatic (B100) forms of apoB are coded by a single gene. Glickman et al. (1986) found a single mRNA transcript for apoB regardless of the form of apoB (apoB100 or apoB48) synthesized in the liver or intestine. Hospattankar et al. (1986) presented some immunologic data suggesting that the 2 proteins share a common carboxyl region sequence. Chen et al. (1986) determined the complete cDNA and amino acid sequence of apoB100. Knott et al. (1986) reported the primary structure of apolipoprotein B. The precursor has 4,563 amino acids; the mature apoB100 has 4,536 amino acid residues. This represents a very large mRNA of more than 16 kb. Law et al. (1986) also provided the complete nucleotide and derived amino acid sequence of apoB100 from a study of cDNA. Strong evidence that apoB100 and apoB48 are products of the same gene was provided by Young et al. (1986). Cladaras et al. (1986) concluded from the sequence of apolipoprotein B100 that apoB48 may result from differential splicing of the same primary apoB mRNA transcript. Hardman et al. (1987) found that mature, circulating B48 is homologous over its entire length (estimated to be between 2,130 and 2,144 amino acid residues) with the amino-terminal portion of B100 and contains no sequence from the carboxyl end of B100. From structural studies, Innerarity et al. (1987) concluded that apoB48 represents the amino-terminal 47% of apoB100 and that the carboxyl terminus of apoB48 is in the vicinity of residue 2151 of apoB100. Chen et al. (1987) deduced that human apolipoprotein B48 is the product of an intestinal mRNA with an in-frame UAA stop codon resulting from a C-to-U change in the codon CAA encoding Gln(2153) in apoB100 mRNA. The carboxyl-terminal ile-2152 of apoB48 purified from chylous ascites fluid has apparently been cleaved from the initial translation product, leaving met-2151 as the new carboxyl-terminus. The organ-specific introduction of a stop codon to an mRNA is an unprecedented finding. Only the sequence that codes B100 is present in genomic DNA. The change from CAA to UAA as codon 2153 of the message is a unique RNA editing process. Higuchi et al. (1988) reported similar findings. ApoB48 contains 2,152 residues compared to 4,535 residues in apoB100. Using a cloned rat cDNA as a probe, Lau et al. (1994) cloned cDNA and genomic sequences of the gene for the human APOB mRNA editing protein (BEDP;
600130). Expression of the cDNA in HepG2 cells resulted in editing of the intracellular apoB mRNA. By Northern blot analysis, they showed that the human BEDP mRNA is expressed exclusively in the small intestine.
MAPPING
Law et al. (1985) assigned the APOB gene to chromosome 2 by filter hybridization with DNA from human/mouse somatic cell hybrids. By somatic cell hybrid studies and by in situ hybridization, Knott et al. (1985) assigned the APOB gene to the tip of 2p in ...
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