角蛋白家族包含表皮软角蛋白和毛发硬角蛋白,可以分为酸性Ⅰ型和碱性或中性的Ⅱ型角蛋白亚家族。从构建的成年山羊皮肤cDNA文库和ESTs分析中发现了和与绵羊羊毛角蛋白8C1和人Ⅰ型毛发角蛋白相应cDNA序列高度同源的序列,经序列分析证明是一个山羊毛发特异性角蛋白,命名为山羊Ⅰ型毛角蛋白1(gHa1),Gen Bank序列号为AY510110.1。推导的读码框ORF由413氨基酸组成,与绵羊8C1角蛋白的序列一致性为97.8%。原位杂交显示它在皮肤初级和次级毛囊的皮质层有强烈的表达。
The keratin famil be divided into acidic type y includes epithelial (soft) keratins and hair (hard) keratins, and can Ⅰ and basic to neutral type Ⅱ subfamilies. A eDNA was library constructed with poly (A)^+ RNA from adult goat skin and 392 ESTs were analyzed. Based on sequence homology comparisons with the known type I hair keratins sheep 8C Ⅰ and hHal, A fulllength eDNA that encoded goat hair keratin gila Ⅰ (GenBank Accession No. AY510110. 1) could be identified, it derived 413 amino acid sequence comparisons with the sheep 8C1 type Ⅰ mRNA exhibits the highest homology (97.8%). In site hybridization with the gila1 cRNA probe on skin revealed a strong expression in cortex of both primary and secondary hair follicles.