Sequence and localization of a novel FK506-binding protein to mouse chromosome 11

We have isolated a unique gene from a mouse JB6 epidermal cell cDNA expression library, termed FKBPRP, that codes for a protein having domains that share between 37 and 44% amino acid sequence identity and 60% similarity with members of the family of FK506-binding proteins. The FKBPRP protein has three repeats contained within its sequence that share between 48 and 58% identity to each other. We have localized the FKBPRP gene to mouse Chromosome 11, and crosses of different murine strains provided the gene order centromere--FKBPRP-Int-4-Pkca-Es-3.