Gene or accession: new gene Missed gene Comments: I believe there is an unannotated gene encoding a tetraspanin (four transmembrane protein) in gb|AE003842.1 and gb|AE003790.1. We have sequenced a BDGP cDNA, LP06288, with the sequence TCACATCGAACGAACGGATTATCCAGCTAGCCAACGAGAAACCCGAACAGAACCCAGCACCATGAACTGTCTATCCGCGA TGTTCAAGTACCTGCTGTACTTGCTCAACCTGGTGTTCGTGGCCGGTGGCATCCTGCTCATTGTGGTGGGCTCCATCATG CTCTCCACGATGGGCAACTTTACGGCCTTCGACGGAGGCGTTAACACCCAGACCATCCCGATCTGCATTATCGTCATCGG AAGTGTCACCTTCGTAGTGGCCTTCTTCGGATGCTGCGGCACCATTCGCGAGAACGCCTGCTGCACCACCATCTACGCCA TCTGCATGCTGATTCTGTTCGGCCTGCAACTGGCCCTCTCCATCTGGATCTTCGCGGCCAACGACAAGTTCCTGTCCAGC ATGGGCAAGGCAGTGGACAAGGCGTGGGATGAGAACAATGCCGCCCAGGGATACCCCATGGATGCCCTCCAGTTGGCCTT CTCTTGCTGTGGCAACACGGGATACCAACAGTATGAAACCGTGCCCAGCTCCTGCTGCGGCTACAAGGATCGCACCAAGG TGTGCGAAGCGGAGATCTACAGCCAGCGACCTGGCTGCCGGCAGGAGTTCGTCGATTTCTGGGCCTCCAATACGGACCTG ATTCGATGGAGCAGTCTGATCATCGCCCTCTTCGAGCTGGGCATCTTCATCATGTCGTGCTGCCTGGCCAGCGCGATGAG GAAGCGCTAGAGCCGAAGTCAGATACAATCCTTAGACGTAGCCCAGTTCATAGCATAAATCCAACACACGAATTCCTCAC TCACTCACTCACCGTAAATAAACCAGAATAGGTTAAGCCCAATGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It encodes a tetraspanin with sequence MNCLSAMFKYLLYLLNLVFVAGGILLIVVGSIMLSTMGNFTAFDGGVNTQTIPICIIVIGSVTFVVAFFGCCGTIRENAC CTTIYAICMLILFGLQLALSIWIFAANDKFLSSMGKAVDKAWDENNAAQGYPMDALQLAFSCCGNTGYQQYETVPSSCCG YKDRTKVCEAEIYSQRPGCRQEFVDFWASNTDLIRWSSLIIALFELGIFIMSCCLASAMRKR There seem to be problems with the Celera sequences here. They have two scaffolds that have this sequence, which would seem to imply that they overlap and therefore should be one scaffold. Secondly, the sequence in each of these two scaffolds seems to have a single base insertion causing a frameshift, immediately after the following twenty base pairs (CTGCAACTGGCCCTCTCCAT). This single base insert is also not present in the htgs sequence of gb|AC008288.7 and gb|AC009342.4 from the Rubin lab.