title: Molecular cloning of a novel candidate G protein-coupled receptor from rat brain.
abstract: A PCR cloning strategy using primers designed from sequences selectively conserved among a cannabinoid receptor and two orphan receptors, was used to isolate novel G protein-coupled receptors. rCNL3, a 1.75 kb cDNA encoding a 363 amino acid protein, was isolated from a rat cerebral cortex library. Sequence analysis showed that rCNL3 possesses a number of structural characteristics of G protein-coupled receptors and has 61% amino acid identity (from transmembrane region one through the carboxyl-terminus) with two other candidate G protein-coupled receptors. Therefore, these three receptors may comprise a receptor subfamily with identical or closely related endogenous ligands. Northern and in situ hybridization experiments demonstrated that rCNL3 mRNA is expressed in the rat brain, with a prominent distribution in striatum.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Biology, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Brownstein
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Bonner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D043882:Receptors, Cannabinoid; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D043882:Receptors, Cannabinoid; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins