title: Molecular cloning of the mammalian smooth muscle sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase.
abstract: We have isolated and sequenced full-length cDNA clones from a rabbit uterine library which encode the smooth muscle sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. These cDNAs resulted from an alternative splice of the cardiac/slow-twitch Ca2+-ATPase gene transcript, and encoded a protein identical to rabbit cardiac/slow-twitch Ca2+-ATPase except for the replacement of the carboxyl-terminal four amino acids with an extended and relatively hydrophobic sequence of 49 amino acids. This cDNA was virtually identical to the alternatively spliced product of the cardiac/slow-twitch Ca2+-ATPase gene recently identified in human kidney (Lytton, J., and MacLennan, D. H. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 15024-15031) and rat non-muscle tissues (Gunteski-Hamblin, A.-M., Greeb, J., and Shull, G. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 15032-15040). S1 nuclease mapping of total cellular RNA from a variety of tissues demonstrated that cardiac muscle expressed the cardiac/slow-twitch isoform almost exclusively, most smooth muscle and non-muscle tissues expressed the alternatively spliced smooth/non-muscle isoform almost exclusively, and a few tissues expressed both isoforms in varying amounts. Thus, regulation of alternative splicing of the cardiac/slow-twitch Ca2+-ATPase gene transcript is tissue-specific. The expression of the smooth/non-muscle isoform in every tissue tested supports the hypothesis that this molecule represents the "housekeeping" endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase.
authors.affiliation: Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lytton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarain-Herzberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Periasamy
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: MacLennan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000201:enzymology*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D011817:Rabbits; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology; D014599:Uterus / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases