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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 17, 10061-10064, Jun, 1990

Genetic polymorphism of human plasma apolipoprotein A-IV is due to nucleotide substitutions in the apolipoprotein A-IV gene

P Lohse, MR Kindt, DJ Rader and HB Brewer Jr
Molecular Disease Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Genetic polymorphism of human plasma apolipoprotein A-IV has been detected by isoelectric focusing techniques followed by immunoblotting. The molecular basis for this apoA-IV polymorphism has been elucidated. Analysis of the protein coding sequences of the apoA-IV alleles 1 and 2 revealed a single G to T substitution in the apoA-IV-2 allele. The point mutation, occurring in a region highly conserved among the mouse, rat, and human A-IV apolipoproteins, converts the glutamine at position 360 of the mature protein to a histidine. This amino acid substitution adds one positive charge unit to the apoA-IV-1 isoprotein (pI 4.97) thus creating the more basic apoA-IV-2 isoprotein (pI 5.02). Computer analysis of the apoA-IV-2 allele revealed that the single G to T substitution results in the loss of a BbvI and a Fnu4HI restriction enzyme site and in the formation of a new restriction site for the enzyme SfaNI. Protein primary and secondary structure predictions were largely unaffected by this amino acid exchange. These results on the structure of the apoA-IV-1 and apoA-IV-2 alleles suggest that the three other rare isoproteins (apoA-IV-0, apoA-IV-3, and apoA-IV-4) are also due to nucleotide and subsequent amino acid substitutions in the apoA- IV sequence.
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