title: Molecular cloning of the mature NAD(+)-dependent succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase from rat and human. cDNA isolation, evolutionary homology, and tissue expression.
abstract: Three rat brain cDNA clones approximately 3500, 1465, and 1135 base pairs in length encoding succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH; EC 1.2.1.24) were isolated from two cDNA libraries using a polymerase chain reaction derived probe. Restriction mapping and DNA sequencing revealed that the 3.5-kilobase clone contained an 84-base pair (28 amino acid) insert in the coding region. Composite clones encoding mature SSADH predicted proteins with 488 amino acids (M(r) = 52,188) when including the insert and 460 amino acids (M(r) = 48,854) without the insert. The cDNA clones were confirmed by expression of enzyme activity in bacteria and protein sequence data obtained from sequencing purified rat brain SSADH. Two human liver SSADH cDNA clones of 1091 and 899 base pairs were also isolated. Human and rat SSADH share 83 and 91% identity in nucleotide and protein sequence, respectively. Northern blot analysis revealed two differentially expressed SSADH transcripts of approximately 2.0 and 6.0 kilobases in both rat and human tissues. Human genomic Southern blots indicate that the two SSADH transcripts are encoded by a greater than 20-kilobase single copy gene. Mammalian SSADH contains significant homology to bacterial NADP(+)-succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.16) and conserved regions of general aldehyde dehydrogenases (EC 1.2.1.3), suggesting it is a member of the aldehyde dehydrogenase superfamily of proteins.
authors: Metabolic Disease Center, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas 75226.
authors: K L
authors: KL
authors: Chambliss
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: Caudle
authors: D D
authors: DD
authors: Hinson
authors: C R
authors: CR
authors: Moomaw
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Slaughter
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Jakobs
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D050644:Succinate-Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009243:NAD; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; C493643:ALDH5A1 protein, human; C493647:Aldh5a1 protein, rat; D050644:Succinate-Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase