title: Molecular cloning of cDNA for argininosuccinate lyase of rat liver.
abstract: A cDNA expression library constructed from poly(A)+ RNA of rat liver was screened immunologically using an antibody against argininosuccinate lyase (EC 4.3.2.1), a urea cycle enzyme, of rat liver. A cDNA clone was isolated and identified by hybrid-selected translation. The clone contained an insert approximately 1.5 kilobase pairs in length. In the bacterial clone, a specific protein of Mr = about 25,000 was expressed. The argininosuccinate lyase mRNA of about 2.1 kilobases long was detected in the liver and in a lesser amount in the kidney and spleen, but not in the small intestine and heart of the rats.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001123:Argininosuccinate Lyase / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008190:Lyases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D008190:Lyases; D001123:Argininosuccinate Lyase