Cloning of a cDNA encoding a second phosphatidylinositol transfer protein of rat brain by complementation of the yeast sec14 mutation.
A second form (beta isoform) of rat phosphatidylinositol transfer protein cDNA was cloned by complementation of the yeast sec14 mutation from a rat brain cDNA expression library. The deduced sequence of the protein comprised 271 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 31,449 Da. The deduced amino acid sequence showed 77% identity to that of the rat phosphatidylinositol transfer protein, recently reported by Dickeson et al. [Dickeson, S.K., Lim, C.N., Schuyler, G.T., Dalton, T.P., Helmkamp, G.M., Jr., & Yarbrough, L.R. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 16557-16564]. Northern blot analysis revealed that the cDNA probe of the beta isoform hybridized to an approximately 3-kilobase RNA in various rat tissues. The mRNA was expressed abundantly in brain, kidney, liver, and lung, but in a lesser amount in testis.
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Department of Biochemistry, Gunma University School of Medicine.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D005815:Genetic Code; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins; C483438:SEC14 protein, S cerevisiae; C118289:SEC24 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins