title: Nucleotide sequence of the complementary DNA for turkey growth hormone.
abstract: Near-full length complementary DNA (cDNA) clones encoding turkey growth hormone (GH) have been isolated from a pituitary library. The longer of the two turkey GH cDNA clones that were sequenced is 803 base pairs (bp) in length and contains 41 nucleotides of the 5'-untranslated region (UTR), an open reading frame of 648 bp that encodes a 25 amino acid leader polypeptide segment as well as a 191 amino acid mature turkey GH protein, and a 3'-UTR that is 92 bp long followed by a 22 bp poly A tract. Comparison of the turkey GH nucleotide sequence to that of other avian GH clones shows the coding region to be greater than 93% homologous while the homology to mammalian GH sequences is between 68 and 78%. Northern blot analysis showed an approximate 800 bp turkey GH processed mRNA transcript that hybridized to the turkey GH cDNA probe. A large up-regulation of turkey GH transcription occurred when intact cultured pituitaries were treated with 1 nM human growth hormone releasing hormone but only modest changes were observed when cultures were treated with thyroid releasing hormone or somatostatin.
authors: Department of Poultry Science, Ohio State University, Wooster 44691.
authors: D N
authors: DN
authors: Foster
authors: S U
authors: SU
authors: Kim
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Enyeart
authors: L K
authors: LK
authors: Foster
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015698:Genomic Library; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D014422:Turkeys / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013006:Growth Hormone; D004247:DNA