title: Structure and nucleotide sequence of the rat intestinal vitamin D-dependent calcium binding protein gene.
abstract: The vitamin D-dependent intestinal calcium binding protein (ICaBP, 9 kDa) is under transcriptional regulation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3], the hormonal active form of the vitamin. To study the mechanism of gene regulation by 1,25-(OH)2D3, we isolated the rat ICaBP gene by using a cDNA probe. Its nucleotide sequence revealed 3 exons separated by 2 introns within approximately 3 kilobases. The first exon represents only noncoding sequences, while the second and third encode the two calcium binding domains of the protein. The gene contains a 15-base-pair imperfect palindrome in the first intron that shows high homology to the estrogen-responsive element. This sequence may represent the vitamin D-responsive element involved in the regulation of the ICaBP gene. The second intron shows an 84-base-pair-long simple nucleotide repeat that implicates Z-DNA formation. Genomic Southern analysis shows that the rat gene is represented as a single copy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krisinger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Darwish
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: DeLuca
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004386:Duodenum / Q000378:metabolism*; D005796:Genes; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G; D004247:DNA