title: Cloning and partial nucleotide sequence of human glutamic acid decarboxylase cDNA from brain and pancreatic islets.
abstract: We report partial nucleotide sequences of the human enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) from brain and pancreatic islets which encode the middle 180 amino acids of GAD. The brain and islet GAD sequences display a high degree of sequence homology with the equivalent region of other mammalian brain GAD cDNAs. Alignment of the brain and islet GAD sequences showed that there were 45 nucleotide differences which, at the translational level, would result in seven amino acid substitutions. These results which suggest that different isomeric forms of human GAD exist in brain and pancreas may be relevant to the pathogenesis of stiff man syndrome (SMS) and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), respectively, two distinct but associated clinical disorders in which GAD is the target of autoantibodies.
authors.affiliation: Burnet Clinical Research Unit, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Cram
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002415:Cats; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D004247:DNA; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase