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    Gene. 1995 Jul 28;160(2):297-302.

    Isolation of a cDNA encoding a novel human FK506-binding protein homolog containing leucine zipper and tetratricopeptide repeat motifs.

    Lam E, Martin M, Wiederrecht G.

    Department of Immunology Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.

    Reduced-stringency PCR was used to isolate a cDNA encoding a novel human FK506-binding protein (FKBP) homolog. The encoded 38-kDa protein (FKBPr38) contains at its N-terminus a domain that is 33% identical to FKBP12. FKBPr38 is a member of a subclass of immunophilins, whose other members include FKBP52 and CyP40 (cyclophilin 40), that contain a three-unit tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR). In addition, FKBPr38 contains a consensus leucine-zipper repeat. The presence of the TPR domain and leucine zipper suggest that FKBPr38 may form homo-multimers or interact with other, as yet unidentified, proteins.

    PMID: 7543869 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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