title: Molecular cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding the thioesterase domain of the rat fatty acid synthetase.
abstract: A cloned cDNA containing the entire coding sequence for the long-chain S-acyl fatty acid synthetase thioester hydrolase (thioesterase I) component as well as the 3'-noncoding region of the fatty acid synthetase has been isolated using an expression vector and domain-specific antibodies. The coding region was assigned to the thioesterase I domain by identification of sequences coding for characterized peptide fragments, amino-terminal analysis of the isolated thioesterase I domain and the presence of the serine esterase active-site sequence motif. The thioesterase I domain is 306 amino acids long with a calculated molecular mass of 33,476 daltons; its DNA is flanked at the 5'-end by a region coding for the acyl carrier protein domain and at the 3'-end by a 1,537-base pairs-long noncoding sequence with a poly(A) tail. The thioesterase I domain exhibits a low, albeit discernible, homology with the discrete medium-chain S-acyl fatty acid synthetase thioester hydrolases (thioesterase II) from rat mammary gland and duck uropygial gland, suggesting a distant but common evolutionary ancestry for these proteins.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D004372:Ducks; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010170:Palmitoyl-CoA Hydrolase / Q000235:genetics; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D051381:Rats; D013869:Thiolester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases; D013869:Thiolester Hydrolases; C022738:thioesterase II; D010170:Palmitoyl-CoA Hydrolase; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes