title: Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of human myocardial fatty acid ethyl ester synthase-III cDNA.
abstract: Fatty acid ethyl ester synthase-III (FAEES-III), previously purified to homogeneity from human heart, metabolizes ethanol nonoxidatively. Using a derived partial amino acid sequence and corresponding oligonucleotide probes, the cDNA for this enzyme has been cloned from a human heart lambda gtll library. Of the five positive clones obtained, one contained a complete coding region (630 base pairs) and the entire 3'-noncoding region (41 base pairs). From this nucleotide sequence the complete 210 amino acid sequence of FAEES-III (Mr 23,307) is reported. Comparison of its amino acid sequence with that of glutathione S-transferase pi-1 suggests that they belong to the same gene family since they differ in only six nucleotides and four amino acids. The sequence of FAEES-III was also compared with those of placental glutathione S-transferase and the basic glutathione S-transferase. FAEES-III was 84% homologous with placental glutathione S-transferase but only less than 10% homologous with the basic glutathione S-transferase. Northern blots demonstrate expression of FAEES-III mRNA in normal human liver, placenta, and heart. In all cases, the mRNA for the enzyme is 0.7 kilobase in size. MCF-7 cells transfected with FAEES-III cDNA have a 14-fold increase in synthase activity and a 12-fold increase in glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity compared with control cells. MCF-7 cells transfected with GST pi-1 cDNA have a 13-fold increase in GST activity compared with control cells but no increase in synthase activity. When the supernatant of COS-7 cells transfected with FAEES-III cDNA were immunoblotted with rabbit FAEES-III antibody, a band at 24 kilodaltons was demonstrated. Thus, we have obtained the first cDNA and amino acid sequence for a human FAEES-III which also has significant GST activity, and we have identified 4 residues potentially responsible for conferring ethanol recognition to GSTs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Bora
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Bora
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D000217:Acyltransferases; C043403:fatty acyl ethyl ester synthase