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Lu Y, Dong B, Song W, Sun Y, Mehmood AH, Lin W. A mitochondria-targeting ratiometric fluorescent probe for the detection of sulfur dioxide in living cells. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj02461a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A mitochondria-targeting ratiometric fluorescent probe was developed for the detection of sulfur dioxide in living cells.
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- Yaru Lu
- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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- Institute of Fluorescent Probes for Biological Imaging
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan
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Yao Y, Sun Q, Chen Z, Huang R, Zhang W, Qian J. A mitochondria-targeted near infrared ratiometric fluorescent probe for the detection of sulfite in aqueous and in living cells. Talanta 2018; 189:429-436. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Li H, Yao Q, Fan J, Hu C, Xu F, Du J, Wang J, Peng X. A Fluorescent Probe for Ratiometric Imaging of SO2 Derivatives in Mitochondria of Living Cells. Ind Eng Chem Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b04530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Haidong Li
- State
Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- School
of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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Li G, Chen Y, Wang J, Wu J, Gasser G, Ji L, Chao H. Direct imaging of biological sulfur dioxide derivatives in vivo using a two-photon phosphorescent probe. Biomaterials 2015; 63:128-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Sulfurous gases as biological messengers and toxins: comparative genetics of their metabolism in model organisms. J Toxicol 2011; 2011:394970. [PMID: 22131987 PMCID: PMC3216388 DOI: 10.1155/2011/394970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Gasotransmitters are biologically produced gaseous signalling molecules. As gases with potent biological activities, they are toxic as air pollutants, and the sulfurous compounds are used as fumigants. Most investigations focus on medical aspects of gasotransmitter biology rather than toxicity toward invertebrate pests of agriculture. In fact, the pathways for the metabolism of sulfur containing gases in lower organisms have not yet been described. To address this deficit, we use protein sequences from Homo sapiens to query Genbank for homologous proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In C. elegans, we find genes for all mammalian pathways for synthesis and catabolism of the three sulfur containing gasotransmitters, H2S, SO2 and COS. The genes for H2S synthesis have actually increased in number in C. elegans. Interestingly, D. melanogaster and Arthropoda in general, lack a gene for 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase, an enzym for H2S synthesis under reducing conditions.
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Cellular uptake of long chain free fatty acids: the structure and function of plasma membrane fatty acid binding protein. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2558(03)33004-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. The Nucleic Acids. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mehta PK, Christen P. The molecular evolution of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate-dependent enzymes. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2000; 74:129-84. [PMID: 10800595 DOI: 10.1002/9780470123201.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The pyridoxal-5-phosphate-dependent enzymes (B6 enzymes) that act on amino acid substrates are of multiple evolutionary origin. The numerous common mechanistic features of B6 enzymes thus are not historical traits passed on from a common ancestor enzyme but rather reflect evolutionary or chemical necessities. Family profile analysis of amino acid sequences supported by comparison of the available three-dimensional (3-D) crystal structures indicates that the B6 enzymes known to date belong to four independent evolutionary lineages of homologous (or more precisely paralogous) proteins, of which the alpha family is by far the largest. The alpha family (with aspartate aminotransferase as the prototype enzyme) includes enzymes that catalyze, with several exceptions, transformations of amino acids in which the covalency changes are limited to the same carbon atom that carries the amino group forming the imine linkage with the coenzyme (i.e., Calpha in most cases). Enzymes of the beta family (tryptophan synthase beta as the prototype enzyme) mainly catalyze replacement and elimination reactions at Cbeta. The D-alanine aminotransferase family and the alanine racemase family are the two other independent lineages, both with relatively few member enzymes. The primordial pyridoxal-5-phosphate-dependent enzymes apparently were regio-specific catalysts that first diverged into reaction-specific enzymes and then specialized for substrate specificity. Aminotransferases as well as amino acid decarboxylases are found in two different evolutionary lineages. Comparison of sequences from eukaryotic, archebacterial, and eubacterial species indicates that the functional specialization of most B6 enzymes has occurred already in the universal ancestor cell. The cofactor pyridoxal-5-phosphate must have emerged very early in biological evolution; conceivably, organic cofactors and metal ions were the first biological catalysts. In attempts to stimulate particular steps of molecular evolution, oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis of active-site residues and directed molecular evolution have been applied to change both the substrate and reaction specificity of existent B6 enzymes. Pyridoxal-5-phosphate-dependent catalytic antibodies were elicited with a screening protocol that applied functional selection criteria as they might have been operative in the evolution of protein-assisted pyridoxal catalysis.
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- P K Mehta
- Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
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Becker-Follmann J, Gaa A, Baùsch E, Natt E, Scherer G, von Deimling O. High-resolution mapping of a linkage group on mouse chromosome 8 conserved on human chromosome 16Q. Mamm Genome 1997; 8:172-7. [PMID: 9069116 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have performed a high-resolution linkage analysis for the conserved segment on distal mouse Chromosome (Chr) 8 that is homologous to human Chr 16q. The interspecific backcross used involved M. m. molossinus and an M. m. domesticus line congenic for an M. spretus segment from Chr 8 flanked by phenotypic markers Os (oligosyndactyly) and e, a coat colormarker. From a total of 682 N2 progeny, the 191 animals revealing a recombination event between these phenotypic markers were typed for 23 internal loci. The following locus order with distances in cM was obtained: (centromere)-Os-4.1-Mmp2-0.2-Ces1,Es1, Es22-1.2-Mt1,D8Mit15-2.2-Got2, D8Mit11-3.7-Es30-0.3-Es2, Es7-0.9-Ctra1,Lcat-0.3-Cdh1, Cadp, Nmor1, D8Mit12-0.2-Mov34-2.5-Hp,Tat-0.2-Zfp4-1.6-Zfp1,+ ++Ctrb-10.9-e. In a separate interspecific cross involving 62 meioses, Dpep1 was mapped together with Aprt and Cdh3 at 12.9 cM distal to Hp, Tat, to the vicinity of e. Our data give locus order for markers not previously resolved, add Mmp2 and Dpep1 as new markers on mouse Chr 8, and indicate that Ctra1 is the mouse homolog for human CTRL. Comparison of the order of 17 mouse loci with that of their human homologs reveals that locus order is well conserved and that the conserved segment in the human apparently spans the whole long arm of Chr 16.
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- J Becker-Follmann
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Freiburg, Breisacherstr. 33, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Wilkie SE, Lambert R, Warren MJ. Chloroplastic aspartate aminotransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana: an examination of the relationship between the structure of the gene and the spatial structure of the protein. Biochem J 1996; 319 ( Pt 3):969-76. [PMID: 8921007 PMCID: PMC1217883 DOI: 10.1042/bj3190969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A clone encoding a plastid isoenzyme of aspartate amino-transferase (AAT5) was isolated from an Arabidopsis genomic library and its complete sequence determined. The gene for AAT5 (asp5) contains an open reading frame of 2447 bp comprising 11 exons separated by introns ranging in length from 74 to 207 bp. The upstream regulatory region contains a putative TATA box and multiple copies of two sequence motifs, CTCTT and AAAGAT, previously associated with nodule-specific gene activity in legumes. The deduced primary amino acid sequence of the protein product of asp5 was used to generate a three-dimensional structure of the AAT5 protein by using the computer program Sybyl: Biopolymer Composer and known AAT structures on the protein databases. Both the mature protein and its precursor protein containing a putative N-terminal transit peptide were modelled. The resulting structure of the precursor protein indicated that the transit peptide might also inhibit dimerization of the protein until after its translocation across the chloroplast membrane. The derived structure of the mature protein was then analysed in terms of its component elements of secondary structure, and the positions on the polypeptide back-bone corresponding to intron insertion sites were determined. It is observed that the introns tend to map to regions between structural subdomains of the protein and also map to sites on the surface of the molecule. The asp5 gene in Arabidopsis is thus consistent with Gilbert's exon-shuffling theory of gene evolution [Gilbert (1985) Science 228, 823-824]. A high degree of conservation of intron insertion sites between AAT genes from different plants and animals is observed, particularly within the part of the gene encoding a large beta-sheet structure that forms the structural and functional core of the protein. This beta-sheet structure is thus believed to compromise an ancient and very highly conserved moiety of the molecule.
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- S E Wilkie
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University College London, U.K
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Isola LM, Zhou SL, Kiang CL, Stump DD, Bradbury MW, Berk PD. 3T3 fibroblasts transfected with a cDNA for mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase express plasma membrane fatty acid-binding protein and saturable fatty acid uptake. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:9866-70. [PMID: 7568234 PMCID: PMC40903 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.21.9866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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To explore the relationship between mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase (mAspAT; EC 2.6.1.1) and plasma membrane fatty acid-binding protein (FABPpm) and their role in cellular fatty acid uptake, 3T3 fibroblasts were cotransfected with plasmid pMAAT2, containing a full-length mAspAT cDNA downstream of a Zn(2+)-inducible metallothionein promoter, and pFR400, which conveys methotrexate resistance. Transfectants were selected in methotrexate, cloned, and exposed to increasing methotrexate concentrations to induce gene amplification. Stably transfected clones were characterized by Southern blotting; those with highest copy numbers of pFR400 alone (pFR400) or pFR400 and pMAAT2 (pFR400/pMAAT2) were expanded for further study. [3H]Oleate uptake was measured in medium containing 500 microM bovine serum albumin and 125-1000 microM total oleate (unbound oleate, 18-420 nM) and consisted of saturable and nonsaturable components. pFR400/pMAAT2 cells exhibited no increase in the rate constant for nonsaturable oleate uptake or in the uptake rate of [14C]octanoate under any conditions. By contrast, Vmax (fmol/sec per 50,000 cells) of the saturable oleate uptake component increased 3.5-fold in pFR400/pMAAT2 cells compared to pFR400, with a further 3.2-fold increase in the presence of Zn2+. Zn2+ had no effect in pFR400 controls (P > 0.5). The overall increase in Vmax between pFR400 and pFR400/pMAAT2 in the presence of Zn2+ was 10.4-fold (P < 0.01) and was highly correlated (r = 0.99) with expression of FABPpm in plasma membranes as determined by Western blotting. Neither untransfected 3T3 nor pFR400 cells expressed cell surface FABPpm detectable by immunofluorescence. By contrast, plasma membrane immunofluorescence was detected in pFR400/pMAAT2 cells, especially if cultured in 100 microM Zn2+. The data support the dual hypotheses that mAspAT and FABPpm are identical and mediate saturable long-chain free fatty acid uptake.
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- L M Isola
- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Kumar R, Drouaud J, Raynal M, Small I. Characterization of the nuclear gene encoding chloroplast ribosomal protein S13 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Curr Genet 1995; 28:346-52. [PMID: 8590480 DOI: 10.1007/bf00326432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have characterised a cDNA clone and a nuclear gene encoding the chloroplast 30 s ribosomal protein S13 from Arabidopsis thaliana. The identification is based on the high similarity of the predicted amino-acid sequence with eubacterial S13 protein sequences, and immunodetection of a 14.5-kDa chloroplast ribosomal polypeptide using antibodies raised against the polypeptide produced from part of the cDNA expressed in bacteria. The predicted amino-acid sequence contains an N-terminal extension which has several features characteristic of chloroplast transit peptides. Experiments suggest there is a single copy of this gene in A. thaliana and multiple copies in Brassica species. The origin of the mitochondrial S13 polypeptide in crucifers is also discussed.
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- R Kumar
- Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes, INRA, Versailles, France
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Juang HH, Costello LC, Franklin RB. Androgen modulation of multiple transcription start sites of the mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase gene in rat prostate. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:12629-34. [PMID: 7759512 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.21.12629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase (mAAT) is one of two key enzymes in the pathway of citrate production in prostate. Expression of mAAT is modulated by testosterone and prolactin in prostate. We cloned the promoter and 5'-flanking region of the rat mAAT gene and sequenced 2.0 kilobases of the DNA. This fragment contains the 5'-regulatory promoter region that lacks a TATA and a CCAAT box but is G+C rich. The 5'-upstream flanking region contains sequences that have high homology with the consensus glucocorticoid response element/androgen response element (ARE) and a reported ARE sequence that is different from the consensus sequence. Functional transcription studies showed that a 481-base region containing the two ARE sequences was sufficient for androgen-regulated gene expression. There are multiple transcription start sites that are regulated by testosterone in prostate. In liver, on the other hand, castration did not affect transcription from any of the start sites. Therefore, these data provide evidence that transcriptional regulation of the rat pmAAT gene occurs through an ARE located in the 5'-region. In addition, not only is gene expression modulated by testosterone, but the effect of testosterone on transcription is cell specific.
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- H H Juang
- Department of Physiology, Dental School, University of Maryland at Baltimore 21201, USA
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Taniguchi M, Mori J, Sugiyama T. Structure of genes that encode isozymes of aspartate aminotransferase in Panicum miliaceum L., a C4 plant. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 26:723-734. [PMID: 7948926 DOI: 10.1007/bf00013757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The cytosolic and mitochondrial isozymes of aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) function in the C4 photosynthetic cycle in NAD-malic enzyme-type C4 plants and are expressed at high levels in mesophyll cells and bundle sheath cells, respectively. We constructed a genomic library from Panicum miliaceum, a NAD-malic enzyme-type C4 plant, and cloned the genes for these isozymes. The sequence of the cloned gene for cytosolic AspAT spans 7800 bp and consists of 12 exons. The sequence of the cloned gene for mitochondrial AspAT spans 9000 bp and consists of 10 exons. The results of primer-extension analysis suggest that transcription may be initiated from multiple adjacent sites. Both genes have significant GC-rich regions around the site of initiation of transcription, and these regions showed no CpG suppression. The 5'- flanking regions of both genes include several short sequences similar to the regulatory elements found in other genes for components of the photosynthetic machinery. In particular, the cytosolic AspAT gene contains sequences similar to nuclear protein-binding sites in other mesophyll-expressed C4 photosynthetic genes and the mitochondrial AspAT gene contains elements for light-sensitive and constitutive expression of a bundle sheath-expressed gene. The results of Southern analysis indicated that there are at least two genes that encode each isozyme in the genome of P. miliaceum. A comparison of intron-insertion positions between AspAT genes of plants and animals revealed that several introns are located at identical positions. On the basis of a phylogenetic tree among AspATs and tyrosine aminotransferase, we have shown that the introns of aminotransferase genes antedate the divergence of eubacteria, archaebacteria, and eukaryotes.
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- M Taniguchi
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, School of Agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan
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Gregerson RG, Miller SS, Petrowski M, Gantt JS, Vance CP. Genomic structure, expression and evolution of the alfalfa aspartate aminotransferase genes. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 25:387-399. [PMID: 8049365 DOI: 10.1007/bf00043868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Genomic clones encoding two isozymes of aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) were isolated from an alfalfa genomic library and their DNA sequences were determined. The AAT1 gene contains 12 exons that encode a cytosolic protein expressed at similar levels in roots, stems and nodules. In nodules, the amount of AAT1 mRNA was similar at all stages of development, and was slightly reduced in nodules incapable of fixing nitrogen. The AAT1 mRNA is polyadenylated at multiple sites differing by more than 250 bp. The AAT2 gene contains 11 exons, with 5 introns located in positions identical to those found in animal AAT genes, and encodes a plastid-localized isozyme. The AAT2 mRNA is polyadenylated at a very limited range of sites. The transit peptide of AAT2 is encoded by the first two and part of the third exon. AAT2 mRNA is much more abundant in nodules than in other organs, and increases dramatically during the course of nodule development. Unlike AAT1, expression of AAT2 is significantly reduced in nodules incapable of fixing nitrogen. Phylogenetic analysis of deduced AAT proteins revealed 4 separate but related groups of AAT proteins; the animal cytosolic AATs, the plant cytosolic AATs, the plant plastid AATs, and the mitochondrial AATs.
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- R G Gregerson
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108
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Wilkemeyer MF, Andrews ER, Ledley FD. Genomic structure of murine methylmalonyl-CoA mutase: evidence for genetic and epigenetic mechanisms determining enzyme activity. Biochem J 1993; 296 ( Pt 3):663-70. [PMID: 7904153 PMCID: PMC1137748 DOI: 10.1042/bj2960663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MCM) is a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial matrix enzyme. We have reported characterization of murine MCM and cloning of a murine MCM cDNA and now describe the murine Mut locus, its promoter and evidence for tissue-specific variation in MCM mRNA, enzyme and holo-enzyme levels. The Mut locus spans 30 kb and contains 13 exons constituting a unique transcription unit. A B1 repeat element was found in the 3' untranslated region (exon 13). The transcription initiation site was identified and upstream sequences were shown to direct expression of a reporter gene in cultured cells. The promoter contains sequence motifs characteristic of: (1) TATA-less housekeeping promoters; (2) enhancer elements purportedly involved in co-ordinating expression of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins; and (3) regulatory elements including CCAAT boxes, cyclic AMP-response elements and potential AP-2-binding sites. Northern blots demonstrate a greater than 10-fold variation in steady-state mRNA levels, which correlate with tissue levels of enzyme activity. However, the ratio of holoenzyme to total enzyme varies among different tissues, and there is no correlation between steady-state mRNA levels and holoenzyme activity. These results suggest that, although there may be regulation of MCM activity at the level of mRNA, the significance of genetic regulation is unclear owning to the presence of epigenetic regulation of holoenzyme formation.
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- M F Wilkemeyer
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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Identification of a transcriptional initiator element in the cytochrome c oxidase subunit Vb promoter which binds to transcription factors NF-E1 (YY-1, delta) and Sp1. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53596-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Zhang ZF, Kelly DP, Kim JJ, Zhou YQ, Ogden ML, Whelan AJ, Strauss AW. Structural organization and regulatory regions of the human medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene. Biochemistry 1992; 31:81-9. [PMID: 1731887 DOI: 10.1021/bi00116a013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) is a highly regulated mitochondrial flavo-enzyme that catalyzes the initial reaction in fatty acid beta-oxidation. Deficiency of MCAD is a common inherited defect in energy metabolism. We have previously shown that the mRNA encoding MCAD in an MCAD-deficient child is homozygous for the point mutation A985 to G [Kelly et al. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87, 9236-9420]. To define the molecular basis of MCAD deficiency and as an initial step in the study of the regulation of MCAD gene expression, we determined the structure and organization of the human MCAD gene. The gene is comprised of 12 exons which span 44 kb of DNA. Comparison of the MCAD gene to MCAD mRNAs from the MCAD-deficient child revealed that missplicing was common, resulting in a variety of exon deletions and intron insertions. The MCAD gene promoter region is extremely GC-rich and lacks prototypical TATA and CAAT boxes. Several regions upstream of the promoter are homologous with mitochondrial enhancers purportedly involved in coordinate expression of nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins. Transfection of chimeric plasmid constructs with 299 bp of upstream sequence into HepG2 cells revealed high-level transcriptional activity. We conclude that the precursor MCAD mRNA is misspliced to a high degree and complexity in association with the G985 mutation and the MCAD gene contains a strong promoter which shares some structural features with other "housekeeping" genes encoding mitochondrial proteins.
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- Z F Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226
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Nugent JM, Palmer JD. RNA-mediated transfer of the gene coxII from the mitochondrion to the nucleus during flowering plant evolution. Cell 1991; 66:473-81. [PMID: 1714355 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(81)90011-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The gene coxII, normally present in the mitochondrion, was functionally transferred to the nucleus during flowering plant evolution. coxII transfer is estimated to have occurred between 60 and 200 million years ago, whereas loss of coxII from the mitochondrion occurred much more recently, being restricted to a single genus of legumes. Most legumes have coxII in both the nucleus and the mitochondrion; however, no evidence is found for simultaneous coxII expression in both compartments. The nuclear coxII sequence more closely resembles edited mitochondrial coxII transcripts than the genes encoding these RNAs. Hence, gene transfer appears to have involved reverse transcription of an edited RNA intermediate. The nuclear gene contains an intron at the junction of the transit peptide sequence and the mature protein-coding sequence; exon shuffling may have played a role in assembling a functional coxII gene in the nucleus.
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- J M Nugent
- Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104
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Structural organization of nuclear gene for subunit Vb of mouse mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98637-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Structural organization of the murine gene encoding NAD-dependent methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase. Gene 1991; 97:283-8. [PMID: 1999293 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(91)90064-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The structural organization of the entire nuclear gene (NMDMC) encoding the mitochondrial (mt) NAD-dependent methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase enzyme (NMDMC) was determined by analysis of clones obtained from a lambda EMBL3 murine genomic DNA library. The gene is approx. 13 kb in length and contains eight exons and seven introns. All exon/intron splice junctions follow the GT/AG rule. The amino acid presequence, which is essential for transport of the NMDMC enzyme precursor into mt, is encoded almost entirely in the first exon. Two major transcriptional start points (tsp), located 33 and 75 nucleotides upstream from the AUG start codon, were revealed by S1 nuclease mapping and RNase protection analyses. The immediate 5'-flanking region of the first exon contains one CAAT box, a TATA-like box and three sites homologous to the consensus sequence for the binding of transcription factor Sp1.
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Juretić N, Mattes U, Ziak M, Christen P, Jaussi R. Structure of the genes of two homologous intracellularly heterotopic isoenzymes. Cytosolic and mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase of chicken. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 192:119-26. [PMID: 2401287 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb19204.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The genes of mitochondrial and cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase of chicken were cloned and sequenced. In both genes nine exons encode the mature enzyme. The additional exon for the N-terminal presequence that directs mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase into the mitochondria is separated by the largest intron from the rest of the gene. A comparison of the two genes of chicken with the aspartate aminotransferase genes of mouse [Tsuzuki, T., Obaru, K., Setoyama, C. & Shimada, K. (1987) J. Mol. Biol. 198, 21-31; Obaru, K., Tsuzuki, T., Setoyama, C. & Shimada, K. (1988) J. Mol. Biol. 200, 13-22] reveals closely similar structures: in the gene of both the mitochondrial and the cytosolic isoenzyme all but one intron positions are conserved in the two species and five introns out of nine are placed at the same positions in all four genes indicating that the introns were in place before the genes of the two isoenzymes diverged. The variant consensus sequence (T/C)11 T(C/T)AG at the 3' splice site of the introns of the genes for nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins, which had been deduced from a total of 34 introns [Juretić, N., Jaussi, R., Mattes, U. & Christen, P. (1987) Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 10,083-10,086], was confirmed by including an additional 22 introns into the comparison. The position -4 at the 3' splice site is occupied by base T in 43% of the total 56 introns and appears to be subject to a special evolutionary constraint in this particular group of genes. The following course of evolution of the aspartate aminotransferase genes is proposed. Originating from a common ancestor, the genes of the two isoenzymes intermediarily evolved in separate lineages, i.e. the ancestor eukaryotic and ancestor endosymbiontic cells. When endosymbiosis was established, part of the endosymbiontic genome, including the aspartate aminotransferase gene, was transferred to the nucleus. This process probably led to the conservation of certain splicing factors specific for nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins. The presequence for the mitochondrial isoenzyme was acquired by DNA rearrangement. In the eukaryotic lineage, the mitochondrial isoenzyme evolved more slowly than its cytosolic counterpart.
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- N Juretić
- Biochemisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Switzerland
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Rettenmeier R, Natt E, Zentgraf H, Scherer G. Isolation and characterization of the human tyrosine aminotransferase gene. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:3853-61. [PMID: 1973834 PMCID: PMC331086 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.13.3853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Structure and sequence of the human gene for tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) was determined by analysis of cDNA and genomic clones. The gene extends over 10.9 kbl and consists of 12 exons giving rise to a 2,754 nucleotide long mRNA (excluding the poly(A)tail). The human TAT gene is predicted to code for a 454 amino acid protein of molecular weight 50,399 dalton. The overall sequence identity within the coding region of the human and the previously characterized rat TAT genes is 87% at the nucleotide and 92% at the protein level. A minor human TAT mRNA results from the use of an alternative polyadenylation signal in the 3' exon which is present but not used at the corresponding position in the rat TAT gene. The non-coding region of the 3' exon contains a complete Alu element which is absent in the rat TAT gene but present in apes and old world monkeys. Two functional glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) reside 2.5 kb upstream of the rat TAT gene. The DNA sequence of the corresponding region of the human TAT gene shows the distal GRE mutated and the proximal GRE replaced by Alu elements.
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Morino Y, Shimada K, Kagamiyama H. Mammalian aspartate aminotransferase isozymes. From DNA to protein. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1990; 585:32-47. [PMID: 2192615 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb28039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Y Morino
- Department of Biochemistry, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan
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Christen P, Jaussi R, Juretić N, Mehta PK, Hale TI, Ziak M. Evolutionary and biosynthetic aspects of aspartate aminotransferase isoenzymes and other aminotransferases. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1990; 585:331-8. [PMID: 2192617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb28065.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The mitochondrial and cytosolic isoenzymes of aspartate aminotransferase are homologous proteins. Both are encoded by nuclear DNA and synthesized on free polysomes. The organization of their genes is very similar, five out of a total of eight introns are located at the same nucleotide position. A variant consensus sequence was observed at the 3' splice site of introns of genes of imported mitochondrial proteins which may reflect the existence of splicing factors specific for the genes of this particular group of nuclear-encoded proteins. To date the amino acid sequences of 22 aminotransferases are known. A rigorous analysis yielded clear evidence that aspartate, tyrosine, and histidinol-phosphate aminotransferases are homologous proteins despite their low degree of sequence identity. The evolutionary relationship among the vitamin B6-dependent enzymes in general appears less clear. Conceivably, their common structural and mechanistic features are dictated by the chemical properties of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate rather than being due to a common ancestor of their protein moieties. In agreement with this notion, the ubiquitous active-site lysine residue that forms a Schiff base with the coenzyme can be replaced in the case of aspartate aminotransferase by a histidine residue without complete loss of catalytic competence.
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- P Christen
- Biochemisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Switzerland
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Yamada M, Amuro N, Goto Y, Okazaki T. Structural organization of the rat cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV gene. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)39169-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Chobert MN, Lahuna O, Lebargy F, Kurauchi O, Darbouy M, Bernaudin JF, Guellaen G, Barouki R, Laperche Y. Tissue-specific expression of two gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase mRNAs with alternative 5' ends encoded by a single copy gene in the rat. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)39983-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Ziak M, Jaussi R, Gehring H, Christen P. Aspartate aminotransferase with the pyridoxal-5'-phosphate-binding lysine residue replaced by histidine retains partial catalytic competence. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 187:329-33. [PMID: 2105217 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb15309.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The active site residue lysine 258 of chicken mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase was replaced with a histidine residue by means of site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant protein was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Addition of 2-oxoglutarate to its pyridoxamine form changed the coenzyme absorption spectrum (lambda max = 330 nm) to that of the pyridoxal form (lambda max = 330/392 nm). The rate of this half-reaction of transamination (kcat = 4.0 x 10(-4)s-1) is five orders of magnitude slower than that of the wild-type enzyme. However, the reverse half-reaction, initiated by addition of aspartate or glutamate to the pyridoxal form of the mutant enzyme, is only three orders of magnitude slower than that of the wild-type enzyme, kmax of the observable rate-limiting elementary step, i.e. the conversion of the external aldimine to the pyridoxamine form, being 7.0 x 10(-2)s-1. Aspartate aminotransferase (Lys258----His) thus represents a pyridoxal-5'-phosphate-dependent enzyme with significant catalytic competence without an active site lysine residue. Apparently, covalent binding of the coenzyme, i.e. the internal aldimine linkage, is not essential for the enzymic transamination reaction, and a histidine residue can to some extent substitute for lysine 258 which is assumed to act as proton donor/acceptor in the aldimine-ketimine tautomerization.
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- M Ziak
- Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
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Setoyama C, Ding SH, Choudhury BK, Joh T, Takeshima H, Tsuzuki T, Shimada K. Regulatory regions of the mitochondrial and cytosolic isoenzyme genes participating in the malate-aspartate shuttle. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40012-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Pol S, Bousquet-Lemercier B, Pavé-Preux M, Bulle F, Passage E, Hanoune J, Mattei MG, Barouki R. Chromosomal localization of human aspartate aminotransferase genes by in situ hybridization. Hum Genet 1989; 83:159-64. [PMID: 2777255 DOI: 10.1007/bf00286710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The localization of the human genes for cytosolic and mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) has been determined by chromosomal in situ hybridization with specific human cDNA probes previously characterized in our laboratory. The cytosolic AspAT gene is localized on chromosome 10 at the interface of bands q241-q251. Mitochondrial AspAT is characterized by a multigene family located on chromosomes 12 (p131-p132), 16 (q21), and 1 (p32-p33 and q25-q31). Genomic DNA from ten blood donors was digested by ten restriction enzymes, and Southern blots were hybridized with the two specific probes. Restriction fragment length polymorphism was revealed in only one case for cytosolic AspAT, with PvuII, while no polymorphism for mitochondrial AspAT was found.
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- S Pol
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U-99, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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Farrés J, Guan KL, Weiner H. Primary structures of rat and bovine liver mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenases deduced from cDNA sequences. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1989; 180:67-74. [PMID: 2540003 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1989.tb14616.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The cDNA coding for rat liver mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase was cloned and sequenced. It contained an open reading frame of 1557 bp. Of the deduced 519 amino acid residues, 19 were proposed to correspond to the signal peptide necessary to allow the protein to enter the mitochondria [Farrés, J., Guan, K.-L. and Weiner, H. (1987) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 150, 1083 - 1087]. The sequence of the 500 amino acid residues comprising the mature subunit was 96% identical to that of the corresponding human liver mitochondrial enzyme. The longest cDNA isolated coding for the bovine liver enzyme contained sequence information corresponding to residues 72 - 500 of the rat or human enzyme. The deduced protein sequence of these residues was 94% identical to those of the human enzyme. Over 60% of the bases in the coding region of the rat cDNA were G and C. These residues were clustered non-randomly and two potentially stable stem-loop structures could be calculated as existing in the mRNA. One would be found in the region coding for amino acid residues 64 - 79; a similar secondary structure could be responsible for the existing truncated cDNAs from the bovine-cDNA libraries. Comparisons with the amino acid sequences of other aldehyde dehydrogenases support the suggestion that the NAD-binding domain may be located in the middle portion of the mature enzyme.
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- J Farrés
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Suzuki H, Hosokawa Y, Nishikimi M, Ozawa T. Structural Organization of the Human Mitochondrial Cytochrome c1 Gene. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)94196-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Nucleotide sequence and glucocorticoid regulation of the mRNAs for the isoenzymes of rat aspartate aminotransferase. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)77858-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ohnishi S, Maeda S, Nishiguchi S, Arao T, Shimada K. Structure of the mouse C-reactive protein gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988; 156:814-22. [PMID: 3190681 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)80917-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A genomic DNA clone corresponding to the mouse C-reactive protein (CRP) has been isolated and characterized. The mouse CRP gene is 1.9-kilobase pairs in length and contains a single intron of 213-base pairs which interrupts the codon for the 2nd amino acid residue of the mature CRP protein. We compared nucleotide sequences of the mouse and human CRP genes and discussed structures of possible regulatory sequences. With this characterization, the isolation and sequence analyses of a set of mouse and human pentraxin genes, i.e. CRP and serum amyloid P component genes is not complete.
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- S Ohnishi
- Department of Biochemistry, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan
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Nishiguchi S, Maeda S, Araki S, Shimada K. Structure of the mouse serum amyloid P component gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988; 155:1366-73. [PMID: 3263126 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)81292-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A genomic DNA clone corresponding to the mouse serum amyloid P component (SAP) has been isolated and characterized for the first time. The numbers of exons, the relative sites of intron/exon junctions, and the size of the coding region for mature SAP protein are all in complete agreement with those of the human SAP gene. In the 5'-flanking region of the mouse SAP gene, there is a small DNA segment (43-base pairs) which is highly homologous with the corresponding region of the human SAP gene. However, most parts of the 5'-flanking regions are not conserved between the mouse and human SAP genes, and several phorbol ester-responsive element-like sequences are present only in the mouse SAP gene.
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- S Nishiguchi
- Department of Biochemistry, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan
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Setoyama C, Joh T, Tsuzuki T, Shimada K. Structural organization of the mouse cytosolic malate dehydrogenase gene: comparison with that of the mouse mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase gene. J Mol Biol 1988; 202:355-64. [PMID: 3172222 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(88)90270-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We cloned and characterized a mouse cytosolic malate dehydrogenase (cMDHase) (EC 1.1.1.37) gene, which is about 14 x 10(3) base-pairs long and is interrupted by eight introns. The 5' and 3' flanking regions and the exact sizes and boundaries of the exon blocks, including the transcription-initiation sites, were determined. The 5' end of the gene lacks the TATA and CAAT boxes characteristic of eukaryotic promoters, but contains G + C-rich sequences, one putative binding site for a cellular transcription factor, Sp1, and at least two major transcription-initiation sites. The sequences around the transcription-initiation sites are compatible with the formation of a number of potentially stable stem-loop structures. We compared structural organization of the mouse cMDHase gene with that of the previously characterized mouse mitochondrial MDHase (mMDHase) gene, and found that the conservation of intron positions spreads across much of the two genes. This result suggests that a common ancestral gene for the cytosolic MDHase and the mitochondrial MDHase was broken up by introns, before the divergence. We also compared the nucleotide sequence of the promoter region of the mouse cytosolic MDHase gene with that of the other three mouse genes coding for isoenzymes participating in the malate-aspartate shuttle, i.e. mitochondrial MDHase, cytosolic and mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferases (cAspATase and mAspATase). We found that highly conserved regions are present in the promoter region of the cAspATase gene.
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- C Setoyama
- Department of Biochemistry, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan
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Obaru K, Tsuzuki T, Setoyama C, Shimada K. Structural organization of the mouse aspartate aminotransferase isoenzyme genes. Introns antedate the divergence of cytosolic and mitochondrial isoenzyme genes. J Mol Biol 1988; 200:13-22. [PMID: 3379636 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(88)90329-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We have cloned and characterized a mouse cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) (EC 2.6.1.1) gene, which is about 32,000 base-pairs long and is interrupted by eight introns. The 5' and 3'-flanking regions, and the exact sizes and boundaries of the exon blocks, including the transcription-initiation sites, were determined. The 5' end of the gene lacks the TATA and CAAT boxes characteristic of eukaryotic promoters, but contains G + C-rich sequences, three putative binding sites for a cellular transcription factor, Sp1, and multiple transcription-initiation sites. The sequences around the transcription-initiation sites are compatible with the formation of a number of potentially stable stem-loop structures. We compared the structural organization of the mouse cytosolic AspAT gene with that of the mouse mitochondrial AspAT gene, which has nine introns. We found that the promoter regions share a high level of homology and five of the introns are at identical places. This close matching leads to the tentative conclusion that the introns were in place before the divergence of cytosolic and mitochondrial isoenzyme genes.
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- K Obaru
- Department of Biochemistry, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan
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Takeshima H, Joh T, Tsuzuki T, Shimada K, Matsukado Y. Structural organization of the mouse mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase gene. J Mol Biol 1988; 200:1-11. [PMID: 3379635 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(88)90328-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Structural organization of the mouse mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.37) gene was determined by analyzing a genomic DNA fragment isolated from a cosmid library. The gene is 12,000 base-pairs long and contains nine exons interrupted by eight introns of various sizes. The 5' and 3'-flanking regions, and the exact sizes and boundaries of the exon blocks including the transcription-initiation sites were determined. In the 5'-flanking region, there is neither a TATA box nor a CAAT box. Instead of these sequences, there are six copies of the GGGCGG or CCGCCC sequence, which is a potential binding site for the transcription factor, Sp1. The 5'-flanking region up to about 600 nucleotides is G + C-rich (65%) and contains sequences compatible with the formation of a number of potentially stable stem-loop structures. S1 nuclease mapping and primer extension analysis demonstrated that transcription of the mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase gene initiates at multiple sites. Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of the promoter region of the mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase gene with that of the mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase gene, revealed that there are several highly conserved regions between these two mitochondrial enzyme genes participating in the malate-aspartate shuttle.
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- H Takeshima
- Department of Biochemistry, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan
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