Nucleotide sequence and peptide motifs of mouse uromodulin (Tamm-Horsfall protein) - the most abundant protein in mammalian urine☆

Abstract The mouse uromodulin cDNA sequence was sequenced. The predicted peptide sequence is 642 amino acids long and contains several modular components including four epidermal growth factor like repeats, one betaglycan-like domain (ZP domain), and a consensus sequence for attachment of a glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol anchor. An arginine-glycine-aspartate tripeptide reported for rat and human sequence is absent in the mouse. There are several potential sites for post-translational modification.