TY - JOUR KW - major histocompatibility complex KW - invariant chain KW - cDNA cloning KW - transmembrane proteins AV - public ID - heidok8561 SP - 873 VL - 3 UR - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/8561/ EP - 877 A1 - Singer, Paul A. A1 - Lauer, Wolfgang A1 - Dembic, Zlatko A1 - Mayer, Werner E. A1 - Lipp, Joachim A1 - Koch, Norbert A1 - Hämmerling, Günter A1 - Klein, Jan A1 - Dobberstein, Bernhard N2 - The invariant (Ii) chain is a membrane-spanning glycoprotein found intracellularly associated with class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Using hybridselected translation and the Ii-specific monoclonal antibody In-1, we have isolated a cDNA clone (pli-5) coding for most of the Ii chain. Sequence analysis of this clone reveals an open reading frame encoding 169 amino acid residues. The protein is rich in methionine and contains two potential N-glycosylation sites. No stretch of uncharged amino acid residues, characteristic for a membrane-spanning segment, is found close to the COOH-terminal end. There is one, however, close to the NH2-terminal end. As it is known that -20 amino acid residues of Ii chain are exposed on the cytoplasmic side, we conclude that the Ii chain spans the membrane exposing the NH2 terminus on the cytoplasmic side and the COOH terminus on the luminal side. TI - Structure of the murine Ia-associated invariant (Ii) chain as deduced from a cDNA clone JF - The EMBO Journal IS - 4 Y1 - 1984/// ER -