title: Isolation of cDNA clones coding for rat isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase and assignment of the gene to human chromosome 15.
abstract: Rat liver mRNA encoding the cytoplasmic precursor of mitochondrial isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase was highly enriched by polysome immunopurification using a polyclonal monospecific antibody. The purified mRNA was used to prepare a plasmid cDNA library which was screened with two oligonucleotide mixtures encoding two peptides in the amino-terminal portion of mature rat isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase. Thirty-one overlapping cDNA clones, spanning a region of 2.1 kbp, were isolated and characterized. The cDNA sequence of a 5'-end clone, rIVD-13 (155 bp), predicts a mitochondrial leader peptide of 30 amino acid residues and the first 18 amino acids of the mature protein. These consecutive 18 residues completely matched the amino-terminal peptide determined by automated Edman degradation of the rat enzyme. The leader peptide contains six arginines, has no acidic residues, and is particularly rich in leucine, alanine, and proline residues. Southern blot analysis of DNAs from human-rodent somatic cell hybrids with an isolated rat cDNA (2 kbp) assigned the isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase gene to the long arm of chromosome 15, region q14----qter. The chromosomal assignment was confirmed and further refined to bands q14----q15 by in situ hybridization of the probe to human metaphase cells. This location differs from that of the gene for medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, a closely related enzyme, which has been previously assigned to chromosome 1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Yang-Feng
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glassberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mole
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Francke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D050769:Isovaleryl-CoA Dehydrogenase; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; D050769:Isovaleryl-CoA Dehydrogenase