title: Isolation of a cDNA encoding human Rev-ErbA alpha: transcription from the noncoding DNA strand of a thyroid hormone receptor gene results in a related protein that does not bind thyroid hormone.
abstract: A cDNA encoding Rev-ErbA alpha, a member of the thyroid/steroid hormone receptor superfamily, has been isolated from a human fetal skeletal muscle library. This cDNA contains 269 consecutive base pairs identical to a region of a human c-erbA alpha-2 cDNA, but the respective long open reading frames utilize this nucleotide sequence in opposite orientations. Thus, human Rev-ErbA alpha (hRev) is derived from opposite-strand transcription of the c-erbA alpha genomic locus. mRNA encoding hRev was detected in human skeletal muscle by Northern analysis. Comparison of hRev and Rev-ErbA (rRev) reveals 99% identity in the putative DNA-binding and "ligand-binding" (carboxy-terminal) domains. hRev does not bind thyroid hormone (T3), as has also been found for its rat homolog. Interestingly, the human and rat Rev-ErbA alpha cDNAs are dissimilar at their 5' ends, corresponding to the first exon that we have identified in the rat gene. The conservation of the bidirectionally transcribed regions of c-erbA alpha-2 and Rev-ErbA alpha in human and rat suggests that this unusual genomic arrangement has an important function, perhaps related to the regulation of gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lazar
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Chin
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D056953:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1; D018774:Oncogene Proteins v-erbA; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C064353:NR1D1 protein, human; D056953:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group D, Member 1; D018774:Oncogene Proteins v-erbA; D011506:Proteins; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic; D014284:Triiodothyronine