Molecular cloning of a human apolipoprotein E variant: E5 (Glu3----Lys3).
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Maeda H, Nakamura H, Kobori S, Okada M, Niki H, Ogura T, Hiraga S
Molecular cloning of a human apolipoprotein E variant: E5 (Glu3----Lys3).
J Biochem. 1989 Apr;105(4):491-3.
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Two types of apoE alleles from a genomic DNA library of a subject with the apoE2/E5 phenotype have been cloned. One of these alleles encodes an apoE isoprotein having cysteine, arginine, and cysteine at positions 112, 145, and 158 of mature apoE isoproteins, respectively, indicating an epsilon apoE2 allele. The other allele encodes a different isoprotein, having cysteine, arginine, and arginine at each of the above positions, respectively. In addition, this allele has a base substitution (G----A) which causes the substitution of lysine for glutamic acid at position 3 near the NH2-terminus of the mature apoE. This allele is a new variant, the epsilon apoE5 allele.