title: Conservation from rat to human of cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and the control of its gene expression.
abstract: Structural conservation of cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase protein and mRNA sequence was found in all species examined from rodents to human. The mitochondrial isoenzyme, in all species tested, represents a distinct protein. Moreover, irrespective of the ratio of cytosolic to mitochondrial isoenzyme, cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity in the human as in the rat is controlled at the level of gene expression and through the same multiple hormonal stimulation. This evolutionary conservation of the cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase structure and mode of regulation supports the enzymes' physiological importance in mammals.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gidoni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shouval
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benvenisty
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mencher
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Meyuhas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reshef
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002415:Cats; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008647:Mesocricetus; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP) / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003994:Bucladesine; D003907:Dexamethasone; D004247:DNA; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP)