title: Molecular cloning of a putative Ca(2+)-sensing receptor cDNA from human kidney.
abstract: A cDNA that encodes a putative Ca(2+)-sensing receptor (HuKCaSR) was cloned from human kidney with the use of the polymerase chain reaction. The predicted HuKCaSR protein consists of 1078 amino acids and shares 93.1 and 93.8% overall identity with the bovine parathyroid Ca(2+)-sensing receptor (BoPCaR1) and rat kidney Ca(2+)-sensing receptor (RaKCaR), respectively, with least similarity in the carboxyl-terminal regions. The HuKCaSR gene was mapped by fluorescence in situ hybridization to chromosome 3q21, at which region the gene responsible for familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia has previously been localized by genetic linkage analyses. RNA blot analysis revealed HuKCaSR mRNA in human kidney, but not in brain, lung, liver, heart, skeletal muscle, or placenta.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Yamanashi Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tawata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onaya
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: C095550:CASR protein, human; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface