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cDNA sequence and mapping of the mouse Copb gene encoding the beta subunit of the COPI coatomer complex.

COPI-coated vesicles are involved in retrograde-directed selective transport of proteins from the Golgi complex to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as well as mediate anterograde transport of cargo proteins within the Golgi or in endosomal trafficking. The COPI protein complex contains an ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF1) and seven coatamer subunits (alpha, beta, beta', gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta-COP). The localization and function of human beta subunit of coatamer (COPB) suggests it is likely a candidate gene of ruby-eye-2 (ru2), which is a mouse model of human Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome characterized by the dysfunction of several subcellular organelles. In this study, we determined the entire coding sequence of mouse (Copb) cDNA by combining an overlapping mouse EST contig with EST walking. beta-COP was found highly conserved in mouse, rat, and human, and it is ubiquitously expressed in mouse. The Copb gene was mapped to mouse Chr 7 at a position of 53.3 cM by radiation hybrid mapping. Our RH mapping data, sequencing of RT-PCR products, and Western blotting exclude the Copb gene as a candidate for ru2.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

cDNA sequence and genomic organization of mouse secretin.

A murine insulinoma library was constructed by subtracting glucagonoma cDNAs from insulinoma cDNAs. Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of one of the clones with sequences from the GenBank database showed that it was a member of the secretin family. The clone, 490 bp long, encodes a protein of 133 amino acids consisting of a signal peptide, a N-terminal peptide, secretin, and a C-terminal peptide, which showed 88% and 80% homology with rat and porcine secretin precursor proteins, respectively. The translated secretin peptide showed a unique Met to Thr substitution at position 5 as compared to the secretins from other species. That the Met to Thr substitution was not tumor-related was demonstrated by the fact that an identical sequence was found in cDNA from normal mouse intestine. Studies on the mouse secretin gene revealed that it contains four exons separated by 81 bp, 110 bp, and 96 bp introns.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Primary structure of alpha-subunit precursor of Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor deduced from cDNA sequence.

DNA sequences complementary to the Torpedo californica electroplax mRNA coding for the alpha-subunit precursor of the acetylcholine receptor were cloned. The nucleotide sequence of the cloned cDNA indicates that the precursor consists of 461 amino acids including a prepeptide of 24 amino acids. Possible sites for acetylcholine binding and antigenic determinants on the alpha-subunit molecule are discussed.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Human calgizzarin; one colorectal cancer-related gene selected by a large scale random cDNA sequencing and northern blot analysis.

A cDNA library was constructed from COLO 205 and 1056 clones randomly selected from this library were partially sequenced. Two hundred and two (38.4%) out of 526 independent genes had more than 80% similarity to the genes reported in GenBank. In Northern blot analysis, 96 out of 98 genes were shown to be expressed at the same level in colon and lung carcinoma cell lines and control fibroblasts. Only two clones, including human synovial phospholipase A-2 and a homologue to rabbit calgizzarin, were expressed at different levels among these cell lines. The full sequence of human calgizzarin was determined and its expression was remarkably elevated in colorectal cancers compared with that in normal colorectal mucosa.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Amino acid sequence of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase from Dictyostelium discoideum as deduced from the cDNA sequence.

S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase has been cloned from a lambda gt11 cDNA library prepared from Dictyostelium discoideum that had been starved for 3 hours. The sequence of the cloned cDNA was determined and the deduced amino acid sequence was compared to the amino acid sequence of rat AdoHcy hydrolase. When the sequences from the two species were aligned, 74% of the amino acids were in identical positions. If conservative changes were taken into account the homology was 84%. Because differences have been reported in the binding characteristics of NAD+ to the D. discoideum and rat AdoHcy hydrolases, changes in the amino acids of the putative NAD+-binding site were of particular interest. Six changes were observed in this region but the changes appeared to be in regions that are not critical to the three dimensional folding of the NAD+-binding site.

Adenosylhomocysteinase↗

Chromosomal mapping, tissue distribution and cDNA sequence of four-and-a-half LIM domain protein 1 (FHL1).

We have isolated and sequenced a human heart cDNA clone encoding a novel LIM-only protein. This full-length cDNA clone has a predicted open reading frame (ORF) encoding 280 amino acids. The ORF of this cDNA codes for a LIM-only protein that possesses four repeats of LIM domain and an extra zinc finger and this putative protein is named four-and-a-half LIM domain protein 1 (FHL1). FHL1 is unique when compared with other LIM-only proteins because it possesses an odd number of zinc fingers. When the FHL1 cDNA probe was used to hybridize with poly-(A) RNA of various human tissues, a very strong signal was detected in skeletal muscle, a moderate one in the heart; only weak signals were associated with the placenta, ovary, prostate, testis, small intestine, colon and spleen, and virtually no signal could be detected in brain, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, thymus and peripheral blood leukocytes. The FHL1 gene was located to human chromosome at Xq27.2 by somatic cell hybrid mapping, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and radiation hybrid mapping.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Cellular retinol-binding protein type II (CRBPII) in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). cDNA sequence, tissue-specific expression and gene linkage analysis.

We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a zebrafish cDNA clone that codes for a cellular retinol-binding protein type II (CRBPII). Radiation hybrid mapping revealed that the zebrafish and human CRBPII genes are located in syntenic groups. In situ hybridization and emulsion autoradiography localized the CRBPII mRNA to the intestine and the liver of adult zebrafish. CRBPII and intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP) mRNA was colocalized to the same regions along the anterior-posterior gradient of the zebrafish intestine. Similarly, CRBPII and I-FABP mRNA are colocalized in mammalian and chicken intestine. CRBPII mRNA, but not I-FABP mRNA, was detected in adult zebrafish liver which is in contrast to mammals where liver CRBPII mRNA levels are high during development but rapidly decrease to very low or undetectable levels following birth. CRBPII and I-FABP gene expression appears therefore to be co-ordinately regulated in the zebrafish intestine as has been suggested for mammals and chicken, but CRBPII gene expression is markedly different in the liver of adult zebrafish compared to the livers of mammals. As such, retinol metabolism in zebrafish may differ from that of mammals and require continued production of CRBPII in adult liver. The primary sequence of the coding regions of fish and mammalian CRBPII genes, their relative chromosomal location in syntenic groups and possibly portions of the control regions involved in regulation of CRBPII gene expression in the intestine appear therefore to have been conserved for more than 400 million years.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Mouse dioxin-inducible cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenase-3: AHD4 cDNA sequence, genetic mapping, and differences in mRNA levels.

We have cloned and sequenced the murine AHD4 cDNA encoding the 'Class 3' cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH-3c). The cDNA is 1722 bp in length, excluding the poly(A+) tail, and has 5' and 3' nontranslated regions of 174 bp and 186 bp, respectively. AHD4 encodes a protein of 453 amino acids, including the first methionine (M(r) = 50,466). The murine AHD4 protein is 91% and 80% similar to the rat and human ALDH3c proteins, respectively, 64% identical to the rat microsomal ALDH3 protein, and < 28% similar to ALDH 'Class 1' and 'Class 2' proteins. Surprisingly, in contrast to the rat gene that is expressed in both cell cultures and the intact liver, the murine Ahd-4 gene is inducible by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD; dioxin) or benzo[a]pyrene in cell cultures but not in liver of the intact adult or newborn mouse. Southern hybridization analysis of mouse DNA probed with the full-length cDNA reveals that the Ahd-4 gene is likely to span less than a total of 15 kb, and was mapped to chromosome (Chr) 11 between the Mgat-1 and Shbg loci by analysis of two multilocus crosses. AHD4 mRNA levels are strikingly elevated in the untreated mouse hepatoma Hepa-1c1c7 mutant line c37 lacking CYP1A1 (aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase) activity and in the untreated 14CoS/14CoS mouse cell line having a homozygous deletion of about 1.2 cM on Chr 7. Our data suggest that the Ahd-4 gene in murine cell cultures is regulated by three distinct mechanisms: Ah receptor-mediated induction by TCDD or benzo[a]pyrene, CYP1A1 metabolism-dependent repression, and Chr 7-mediated putative derepression.

Aldehyde Dehydrogenase↗

Mouse dioxin-inducible NAD(P)H: menadione oxidoreductase: NMO1 cDNA sequence and genetic differences in mRNA levels.

We have cloned and sequenced the mouse NMO1 cDNA, which encodes the NAD(P)H:menadione oxidoreductase [also called NAD(P)H:(quinone acceptor) oxidoreductase; quinone reductase; azo dye reductase; DT diaphorase; EC 1.6.99.2]. The cDNA is 1528 bp in length excluding the poly(A+) tail, and has 5' and 3' nontranslated regions of 108 bp and 595 bp, respectively. The deduced protein contains 274 amino acids, including the first methionine (M(r) = 30,959). The mouse NMO1 protein is: 94% similar to the rat NMO1 and 86.5% to the human NMO1 proteins; 49.3% identical to the human NQO2 protein; and < 20% similar to several dozen other proteins in the quinone oxidoreductase superfamily. Southern hybridization analysis of mouse DNA reveals that the Nmo1 gene is likely to span less than a total of 20 kb. The Nmo1 gene is highly inducible by 2,3,7,8,-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin; TCDD) in mouse liver and mouse cell cultures. TCDD inducibility of NMO1 is detectable at 12 and 18 days of gestation, but markedly elevated at 1-3 weeks post partum as compared with the 6- and 12-week-old mouse. NMO1 mRNA levels are strikingly elevated in the untreated mouse hepatoma Hepa-1c1c7 mutant line c37 lacking CYP1A1 (aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase) activity, and in the untreated 14CoS/14CoS mouse cell line having an 'oxidative stress response' caused by homozygous deletion of about 3800 kb on chromosome 7. Previous work and the data in this report show that the murine Nmo1 gene is regulated by three distinct mechanisms: CYP1A1 metabolism-dependent repression, Ah receptor-mediated induction by TCDD, and activation by the chromosome 7-mediated oxidative stress response.

3T3 Cells↗

Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase: full-length pig blastocyst cDNA sequence and regulation by selenium status.

We have isolated and sequenced an apparent full-length cDNA clone for phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (Genbank accession number L12743) from a pig blastocyst cDNA library. The sequence encodes a polypeptide of 170 amino acids, including a TGA-encoded selenocysteine at residue 46, with a calculated M(r) of 19,492 Da. Use of this clone in Northern blot analysis of Se-deficient rat liver revealed that phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase mRNA levels were little affected by Se deficiency, whereas classical glutathione peroxidase mRNA levels were decreased by 90% in the same samples. Lastly, liver phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase mRNA levels were not elevated in female rats, in contrast to classical glutathione peroxidase.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Complete amino acid sequence of the large subunit of the low-Ca2+-requiring form of human Ca2+-activated neutral protease (muCANP) deduced from its cDNA sequence.

The complete amino acid sequence of the large subunit (catalytic subunit) of human low-Ca2+-requiring-calcium-activated neutral protease (muCANP) was deduced from its cDNA base sequence. It is composed of 714 amino acid residues and its sequence is highly homologous to the chicken CANP sequence determined previously. Human muCANP, like chicken CANP, has a clear 4-domain structure, and their fundamental structures are essentially the same, although their Ca2+ sensitivities are significantly different. The role of each domain in the Ca2+ sensitivity and protease activity of CANP is discussed on the basis of sequence comparison.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Carotenoid hydroxylase from Haematococcus pluvialis: cDNA sequence, regulation and functional complementation.

A cDNA homologous to beta-carotene hydroxylase from Arabidopsis thaliana was isolated from the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis. The predicted amino acid sequence for this enzyme shows homology to the three known plant beta-carotene hydroxylases from Arabidopsis thaliana and from Capsicum annuum (38% identity) and to prokaryote carotenoid hydroxylases (32-34% identities). Heterologous complementation using E. coli strains which were genetically engineered to produce carotenoids indicated that the H. pluvialis beta-carotene hydroxylase was able to catalyse not only the conversion of beta-carotene to zeaxanthin but also the conversion of canthaxanthin to astaxanthin. Furthermore, Northern blot analysis revealed increased beta-carotene hydroxylase mRNA steady state levels after induction of astaxanthin biosynthesis. In accordance with the latter results, it is proposed that the carotenoid hydroxylase characterized in the present publication is involved in the biosynthesis of astaxanthin during cyst cell formation of H. pluvialis.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Thyroid peroxidase: rat cDNA sequence, chromosomal localization in mouse, and regulation of gene expression by comparison to thyroglobulin in rat FRTL-5 cells.

A rat thyroid peroxidase cDNA has been isolated from a FRTL-5 thyroid cell library and sequenced. The cDNA is 2776 base pairs long with an open reading frame of 770 amino acids. By comparison to full-length human thyroid peroxidase cDNA and based on its identification of a 3.2 kilobase mRNA in rat thyroid FRTL-5 cell Northern blots, the rat peroxidase cDNA appears to lack 400-500 base pairs at the 5'-end of the mRNA. It exhibits only a 74% nucleotide and 77% amino acid sequence similarity to human thyroid peroxidase cDNA within the total aligned sequences, although the predicted active site regions are highly conserved (greater than 90-100%). The cDNA has been used to map the thyroid peroxidase gene in mice to chromosome 12 and to compare thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin gene expression in FRTL-5 rat thyroid cells. Despite the fact TSH action in both cases is duplicated, and presumably mediated, by cAMP, TSH-induced increases in thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin mRNA levels differ. Differences exist with respect to hormone concentration and time. The ability of TSH to increase thyroglobulin, but not thyroid peroxidase mRNA levels, requires insulin, 5% serum, or insulin-like growth factor-I. Insulin or insulin-like growth factor-I alone can increase thyroglobulin mRNA levels as well as or better than TSH but have only a small effect on thyroid peroxidase mRNA levels by comparison to TSH. The ability of TSH to increase thyroglobulin gene expression is readily detected in nuclear run-on assays but not the ability of TSH to increase thyroid peroxidase gene expression. Cycloheximide inhibits TSH-increased thyroglobulin but not peroxidase mRNA levels. Finally, methimazole and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate show different effects on TSH-induced increases in thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase mRNA levels.

8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate↗

Axonemal beta heavy chain dynein DNAH9: cDNA sequence, genomic structure, and investigation of its role in primary ciliary dyskinesia.

Dyneins are multisubunit protein complexes that couple ATPase activity with conformational changes. They are involved in the cytoplasmatic movement of organelles (cytoplasmic dyneins) and the bending of cilia and flagella (axonemal dyneins). Here we present the first complete cDNA and genomic sequences of a human axonemal dynein beta heavy chain gene, DNAH9, which maps to 17p12. The 14-kb-long cDNA is divided into 69 exons spread over 390 kb. The cDNA sequence of DNAH9 was determined using a combination of methods including 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends, RT-PCR, and cDNA library screening. RT-PCR using nasal epithelium and testis RNA revealed several alternatively spliced transcripts. The genomic structure was determined using three overlapping BACs sequenced by the Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research. The predicted protein, of 4486 amino acids, is highly homologous to sea urchin axonemal beta heavy chain dyneins (67% identity). It consists of an N-terminal stem and a globular C-terminus containing the four P-loops that constitute the motor domain. Lack of proper ciliary and flagellar movement characterizes primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a genetically heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder with respiratory tract infections, bronchiectasis, male subfertility, and, in 50% of cases, situs inversus (Kartagener syndrome, KS). Dyneins are excellent candidate genes for PCD and KS because in over 50% of cases the ultrastructural defects of cilia are related to the dynein complex. Genotype analysis was performed in 31 PCD families with two or more affected siblings using a highly informative dinucleotide polymorphism located in intron 26 of DNAH9. Two families with concordant inheritance of DNAH9 alleles in affected individuals were observed. A mutation search was performed in these two "candidate families," but only polymorphic variants were found. In the absence of pathogenic mutations, the DNAH9 gene has been excluded as being responsible for autosomal recessive PCD in these families.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

cDNA sequence and tissue expression of bovine vacuolar H(+)-ATPase M(r) 70,000 subunit.

cDNA clones encoding the 70,000 relative molecular weight (M(r)) subunit of the bovine vacuolar proton-adenosine triphosphatase (H(+)-ATPase) were isolated, and a total length of 3.1 kb in overlapping clones from bovine kidney and brain libraries was sequenced. The cDNA contains a 1.9-kb coding region and yields a deduced protein sequence of 618 amino acids. The subunit sequence has 50% amino acid identity with the corresponding subunit from yeast, carrot, and Neurospora vacuolar H(+)-ATPases. The internal regions of the protein are most highly conserved, whereas the NH2- and COOH-terminals exhibit variability. mRNA levels of the M(r) 70,000 subunit were examined in multiple bovine tissues and were found to be expressed at highest levels in kidney medulla and cortex, at moderate levels in brain and adrenal gland, and at low levels in liver, muscle, and heart.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

cDNA sequence, ligand biding, and regulation of galanin/GMAP in mouse brain.

The cDNA encoding the 29 amino acid-long neuropeptide galanin and its flanking peptide galanin message associated peptide (GMAP), has been cloned and sequenced from mouse hypothalamic cDNA. The primary sequence of mouse galanin is GWTLNSAGYLLGPHAIDNHRSFSDKHGLT, followed by an amidation signal GKR. There are now 12 galanin sequences known: human, porcine, dog, rat, bovine, chicken, sheep, alligator, bowfin, dogfish, trout and mouse. The N-terminal 14 amino acids are identical in all of these species and the whole primary sequence of mouse galanin is identical to that of rate galanin. The mouse C-terminal flanking peptide, the GMAP, which is encoded on the same mRNA as galanin, shows a high degree of homology with all other known GMAP sequences but is not identical to any of them and it is more charged than the other GMAP sequences. Synthetic mouse galanin was found to displace [125I]mono-iodo-Tyr26 galanin (porcine) from receptors in the mouse hypothalamic membranes with high affinity (KD = 0.9 nM). Estrogen treatment of mice (0.1 mg/kg i.p.) for 6 h, which elevates the rat pituitary galanin mRNA levels, does not affect the galanin mRNA levels in mouse hypothalamus and pituitary. Neither does a subchronic glucocorticoid treatment (dexamethasone, 0.5 mg/kg i.p. for 7 days) affect these mRNA levels.

Animals↗

cDNA sequence of cyclophilin from Dictyostelium discoideum.

A cDNA encoding a protein homologous to cyclophilins from other species has been isolated from a Dictyostelium discoideum cDNA library. From the deduced amino acid sequence a protein with a molecular mass of 19 kD and 64% identity with human cyclophilin is predicted. Southern blot analysis indicates that there is one cyclophilin gene in the D. discoideum genome. The mRNA is present in all developmental stages.

Amino Acid Isomerases↗

Cloning and cDNA sequence of the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase from Dictyostelium discoideum.

cDNA clones encoding the regulatory subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (ATP:protein phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.37) from Dictyostelium discoideum were isolated by immunoscreening of a cDNA library constructed in the expression vector lambda gt11. High-affinity cAMP-binding activity was detected in extracts from bacteria lysogenized with these clones. Nucleotide sequence analysis of three overlapping clones allowed the determination of a 1195-base-pair cDNA sequence coding for the entire regulatory subunit and containing nontranslated 5' and 3' sequences. The open reading frame codes for a protein of 327 amino acids, with molecular weight 36,794. The regulatory subunit from Dictyostelium shares a high degree of homology with its mammalian counterparts, but is lacking the NH2-terminal domain required for the association of regulatory subunits into dimers in other eukaryotes. On the basis of the comparison of the regulatory subunits from Dictyostelium, yeast, and bovine tissues, a model for the evolution of these proteins is proposed.

Amino Acid Sequence↗