Molecular cloning of a murine glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-like protein 1 (xGPAT1)
- 30 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 297 (1-2) , 41-51
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-006-9321-5
Abstract
A novel murine glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-like protein 1 (named xGPAT1) has been cloned. The mouse xGPAT1 gene is located on mouse Chromosome 2, spans >19 kb, and consists of at least 23 exons. The protein is 32% identical and 72% similar to mouse mitochondrial GPAT (mtGPAT) on the amino acid level. Sequencing analysis confirmed that xGPAT1 has a 2403-bp open reading frame (ORF) that encodes an 801-amino acid protein with an estimated molecular mass of 89.1 kDa. A hydropathy plot of the deduced xGPAT1 protein showed a high degree of similarity with that of the mtGPAT protein. Using 5′-rapid amplification of cDNA ends, two alternate, untranslated exon 1 (1a and b) isoforms were obtained, generating variants xGPAT1-v1 and xGPAT1–v2. xGPAT1-v1 is expressed in mouse heart, liver, spleen, kidney and murine inner medullary collecting duct 3 (mIMCD3) cells, while xGPAT1-v2 is expressed in mouse liver, spleen, kidney, white and brown adipose tissues and 3T3-L1 pre- and post-adipocytes. xGPAT1 was distributed in the membrane fraction and showed GPAT activity when epitope-tagged xGPAT1 was expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-K1 cells.Keywords
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