title: Characterization of a murine cDNA encoding a member of the carboxylesterase multigene family.
abstract: We have characterized a mRNA sequence containing the entire coding region of a mouse carboxylesterase (EC 3.1.1.1). pEs-N, an 1840-bp composite of five overlapping cDNA clones, contains an open reading frame of 554 amino acids that display a high degree of similarity with rat and rabbit carboxylesterases. Genetic mapping studies place this carboxylesterase in cluster 1 of the esterase region on chromosome 8. Results of blot hybridization analysis of genomic DNA probed with a pEs-N cDNA under both low and high stringency conditions suggest membership in a carboxylesterase multigene family, as would be expected for a nonspecific carboxylesterase. A message size of 1850-1900 nucleotides was revealed by RNA blot hybridization analysis. S1 nuclease protection analyses with a probe representing a segment of pEs-N detected message in liver, kidney, and lung, but not in spleen, brain, testes, and submandibular gland, with higher levels in female than in male kidney. Additional S1 nuclease-protected mRNA species were found, suggesting the expression of distinct members of a multigene family. In vitro translation of a full-size transcript of pEs-N resulted in a product of 51.5 kDa. Upon the addition of microsomes, this product was processed into a protein of 60.4 kDa, which is within the size range of monomeric units of mouse carboxylesterases.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Developmental Research, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ovnic
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tepperman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Medda
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ganschow
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D043182:Carboxylesterase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004950:Esterases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000235:genetics; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D004950:Esterases; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D043182:Carboxylesterase; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases