title: Cloning of a cDNA for the FAD-linked glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from rat liver and its regulation by thyroid hormones.
abstract: A full-length 2.4-kb cDNA for the FAD-linked glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.5) was cloned from rat liver using PCR techniques. The cloned gene encodes a protein of 727 amino acids. The calculated molecular mass of 80,898 Da is higher than the apparent molecular mass observed by SDS/PAGE (74,000 Da) of the purified enzyme. This result indicates that the enzyme is synthesized as a precursor with a putative mitochondrial signal sequence. mRNA for this gene was detected in liver, heart, muscle, brain, testes, and pancreas. With the exception of testes, basal expression levels were very low in all tissues examined. However, application of thyroid hormones led to a 10- to 15-fold increase in liver glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA, whereas hypothyroidism further decreased the mRNA level.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Seitz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000201:enzymology*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000201:enzymology*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013737:Testis / Q000201:enzymology; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase