Gene or accession: new gene Missed gene Comments: In gb|AE003782.1 there is a highly divergent member of the tetraspanin (four transmembrane protein) family. It has all four conserved introns of this family, and the protein has all four typical TM domains, with four conserved cysteines in a large extracellular loop. My cDNA is ATGGTAGAGGGCATGATAAAAAAGCTAACTGCTATTTTATTTGGGCTTGTATTGGCTGTGTTATTTCGAGTAATTATACC CTTTACTCTGCGACTTAAAAGCGCTGAAATAACCATTAATGTGCTTAACTGTTTTAATTTTCTAACAAGTACCGTTTCCA TTACCATTTGCCTGAATTTGGTCAGCCTATACTTAGCCAATTTGCGTGATGATTGGCTTGTTCTCGGGCTTATACCGCTG CAGATACTCGTCCTTCATTGGACTTACTTCACAATTTCAAAACAACTAGAAGCCATGAACAGGAGCTATAGTACATTCAT GGATAGCTTAAACCTTAAATGGCTGGCATACTCCAATTTTAACGAGACAGATTGGCCTTCGATTGAAAATGCGGTTTTAT GCTGTGGACTGGAGGGTCCCCGTTCTTATATGGATTATCTACAAGGGGTTCCAACCCACTGCTACCATCCCGACCTTATC ACCCAAGGTTGCAGTGACTTTGTTAAAAACATTTTTATGCCGATACAACATATAAGTCATTTGCAGCTCAGATTGGCTAT TTTTGTGGAACTGGTAATTTTACTTATTCTTGCTGCAACGCTTTTGAAGAAATGTATTTCTTTGATCGGCGAAAGGAAAC ATAAAAGAGTTATTACACACGGGCTTGCGGTACTAATAGATTTAGTTAAAAACACATTTTGA My translation is MVEGMIKKLTAILFGLVLAVLFRVIIPFTLRLKSAEITINVLNCFNFLTSTVSITICLNLVSLYLANLRDDWLVLGLIPL QILVLHWTYFTISKQLEAMNRSYSTFMDSLNLKWLAYSNFNETDWPSIENAVLCCGLEGPRSYMDYLQGVPTHCYHPDLI TQGCSDFVKNIFMPIQHISHLQLRLAIFVELVILLILAATLLKKCISLIGERKHKRVITHGLAVLIDLVKNTFZ