title: cDNA cloning of human and rat brain myo-inositol monophosphatase. Expression and characterization of the human recombinant enzyme.
abstract: Inositol monophosphatase (EC 3.1.3.25) is a key enzyme in the phosphoinositide cell-signalling system. Its role is to provide inositol required for the resynthesis of phosphatidylinositol and polyphosphoinositides. It is the probable pharmacological target for lithium action in brain. Using probes derived from the bovine inositol monophosphatase cDNA we have isolated cDNA clones encoding the human and rat brain enzymes. The enzyme is highly conserved in all three species (79% identical). The coding region of the human cDNA was inserted into a bacterial expression vector. The expressed recombinant enzyme was purified and its biochemical properties examined. The human enzyme is very similar to the bovine enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories, Harlow, Essex, U.K.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Whiting
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Knowles
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Atack
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maigetter
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Ragan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D015723:Gene Library; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; C021822:myo-inositol-1 (or 4)-monophosphatase