title: Cytoplasmic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase from the hamster. I. Isolation and sequencing of a full-length cDNA.
abstract: We here report the isolation and nucleotide sequencing of a full-length 3.3-kilobase cDNA for the cytoplasmic form of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) synthase, a regulated enzyme in the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway. The cDNA was isolated from UT-1 cells, a compactin-resistant line of Chinese hamster ovary cells. UT-1 cells produce large amounts of mRNA for HMG-CoA synthase and the next enzyme in the pathway, HMG-CoA reductase, as a result of growth in the presence of compactin, a competitive inhibitor of the reductase. The identity of the cDNA for HMG-CoA synthase was confirmed through comparison of the NH2-terminal amino acid sequence predicted from the cDNA with that determined chemically from the purified enzyme. Anti-peptide antibodies directed against the amino acid sequence predicted from the cDNA precipitated HMG-CoA synthase activity from liver cytoplasm. The feeding of cholesterol to hamsters led to a decrease of more than 85% in the amount of mRNA for HMG-CoA synthase and HMG-CoA reductase in hamster liver. These data indicate that the mRNAs for cytoplasmic HMG-CoA synthase and for HMG-CoA reductase, two sequential enzymes in the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway, are coordinately regulated by cholesterol.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Slaughter
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D006224:Cricetinae; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases / Q000235:genetics; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases