title: Molecular cloning, expression and chromosomal localisation of human AMP-activated protein kinase.
abstract: A cDNA encoding rat liver AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) was used to isolate human skeletal muscle AMPK cDNA clones. Human AMPK cDNA is more than 90% homologous to the rat sequence and predicts a protein of molecular mass 62.3 kDa, which closely agrees with the mass observed in Western blots of human tissues. AMPK antibodies were also shown to immunoprecipitate AMPK from human liver extracts. A cDNA probe was used to identify a 9.5kb transcript in several human tissues and to isolate human genomic clones. PCR mapping of rodent/human hybrid cell lines localised the human AMPK gene to chromosome 1, and fluorescent in situ hybridisation with a human genomic clone was used to sub-localise the human AMPK gene to 1p31.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular and Metabolism Research Department, ZENECA Pharmaceuticals, Alderley Park, Cheshire, UK.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Beri
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Marley
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: See
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Sopwith
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aguan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carling
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carey
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases