title: Arylamine N-acetyltransferase in Balb/c mice: identification of a novel mouse isoenzyme by cloning and expression in vitro.
abstract: Three genes encoding arylamine N-acetyltransferase were identified in Balb/c mice. All three genes were cloned from genomic DNA, sequenced and expressed in a bacterial expression system. Two of the genes corresponded to Nat-1 and Nat-2 which have been previously identified in A/J and C57B1/6 strains of mice (Martell et al., 1991). The new gene, designated Nat-3, can be distinguished from the other mouse Nat genes both by specific amplification using PCR and by restriction-endonuclease digestion. The products of all three genes are demonstrated to catalyse acetylation of aminofluorene and anisidine following expression in Escherichia coli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sim
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase