title: Expression patterns of two human genes coding for different rab GDP-dissociation inhibitors (GDIs), extremely conserved proteins involved in cellular transport.
abstract: We have analysed the expression patterns of two human genes coding for two different rab GDIs, rab GDI alpha/XAP-4 and rab GDI beta, proteins involved in the regulation of vesicle-mediated cellular transport. The gene sequences are extremely conserved in evolution, with substantial homology preserved across three eukaryotic kingdoms. Although the sequence homology between the two human rab GDIs studied is very high, their expression patterns are completely different. The Northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization to sections of mouse embryos and postnatal tissues have revealed that the rab GDI alpha/XAP-4 is expressed predominantly in neural and sensory tissues and may thus serve a specific function in neural signal transmission. In contrast to rab GDI alpha/XAP-4, the human rab GDI beta is expressed ubiquitously.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Medizinische Genetik der Universität, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bächner
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sedlacek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Korn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hameister
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poustka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001692:Biological Transport; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002417:Cattle; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000235:genetics; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D020730:Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D051379:Mice; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C086796:GDP dissociation inhibitor 1; D020730:Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors; D012313:RNA; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins