title: Cloning of the H,K-ATPase beta subunit. Tissue-specific expression, chromosomal assignment, and relationship to Na,K-ATPase beta subunits.
abstract: We have isolated cDNA clones encoding the bovine and rat gastric H,K-ATPase beta subunit. A bovine abomasum lambda gt11 cDNA library was screened with a monoclonal antibody raised against the rabbit H,K-ATPase beta subunit. A single positive phage clone containing an approximately 900-base pair cDNA insert was identified as reactive with the antibody. The identity of the cDNA was established by comparing the deduced amino acid sequence with sequences of cyanogen bromide fragments of the porcine H,K-ATPase beta subunit. Polymerase chain reaction and rapid amplification of cDNA ends were used to generate a cDNA fragment encoding the carboxyl-terminal portion of the rat gastric H,K-ATPase beta subunit. A rat stomach cDNA library was screened with the polymerase chain reaction product, and several full-length beta subunit cDNA clones were identified. The open reading frame predicts a protein of 294 amino acids with a molecular weight of 33,689. The rat H,K-ATPase beta subunit shows 41% amino acid sequence identity to the rat Na,K-ATPase beta 2 subunit and shares a number of structural similarities with Na,K-ATPase beta subunit isoforms. By analyzing the segregation of restriction fragment length polymorphisms among recombinant inbred strains of mice, we localized the H,K-ATPase beta subunit gene to murine chromosome 8. Northern and Western blot analysis reveals that this gene is expressed exclusively in stomach. Our results suggest that the H,K-ATPase and Na,K-ATPase beta subunits evolved from a common ancestral gene and may play similar functional roles in enzyme activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Canfield
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dorfman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gros
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Forte
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Levenson
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D017506:H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D051381:Rats; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D004247:DNA; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D017506:H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide