title: Assignment of human pancreatic lipase gene (PNLIP) to chromosome 10q24-q26.
abstract: Human pancreatic lipase (EC 3.1.1.3) is a 56-kDa protein secreted by the acinar pancreas and is essential for the hydrolysis and absorption of long-chain triglyceride fatty acids in the intestine. In vivo, the 12-kDa protein cofactor, colipase, is required to anchor lipase to the surface of lipid micelles, counteracting the destabilizing influence of bile salts. Southern blot analysis, using a pancreatic lipase cDNA to probe DNA from mouse-human somatic cell hybrids, indicated that the pancreatic lipase gene (PNLIP) resides on human chromosome 10. In situ hybridization to human metaphase chromosomes confirmed the cell hybrid results and further localized the gene to the 10q24-qter region with the strongest peak at q26.1.
authors.affiliation: Lipid Research, VA Wadsworth Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90073.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diep
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hunziker
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Klisak
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mohandas
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Schotz
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sparkes
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lusis
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10; D006801:Humans; D008049:Lipase / Q000235:genetics*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D008049:Lipase