title: Tissue and species distribution of mRNA encoding two ADP-ribosylation factors, 20-kDa guanine nucleotide binding proteins.
abstract: Cholera toxin catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of Gs alpha, the stimulatory guanine nucleotide binding protein of the adenylyl cyclase system, is enhanced by approximately 20-kDa guanine nucleotide binding proteins, termed ADP-ribosylation factors or ARFs. ARF is an allosteric activator of the A1 catalytic protein of the toxin. Bovine ARF cDNA clones, ARF-1 isolated from adrenal (Sewell & Kahn, 1988) and ARF-2B from retina (Price et al., 1988), exhibit nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences that are 80% and 96% identical, respectively, in the coding region. To determine tissue and species distribution of ARF-like mRNAs, bovine ARF-2B and human ARF-1 cDNAs and 30- or 48-base oligonucleotide probes that distinguish between ARF-1 and ARF-2B cDNAs in coding and 3'-untranslated regions were used for Northern analysis of poly(A+) RNA from different tissues and species. On the basis of hybridization with specific oligonucleotide probes, all bovine tissues contained mRNAs of 1.7 and 2.1 kb that were related to ARF-1 and ARF-2B, respectively. Northern analysis of brain poly(A+) RNA from different species with ARF-2B and ARF-1 cDNAs at low stringency demonstrated several bands varying in size from 0.9 to 3.7 kb. A 1.7-kb band consistently hybridized with an ARF-1 30-base coding-region probe but not with a probe for the 3'-untranslated region. Similar ARF-2B oligonucleotide probes did not hybridize with rat, mouse, rabbit, or human brain mRNA. Cleavage of ARF-2B cDNA with PvuII generated two fragments, one containing coding and the other 3'-noncoding region.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nightingale
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaughan
mesh_terms: D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011061:Poly A; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors