title: Molecular cloning and gene organization of the mouse mitochondrial 3,2-trans-enoyl-CoA isomerase.
abstract: 3,2-trans-enoyl-CoA isomerase (mECI, E.C. 5.3.3.8) is the key enzyme of mitochondrial beta-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids. A mouse cDNA clone spanning the entire coding region of mECI was isolated and sequenced. Subsequently, two overlapping genomic clones containing the complete mECI gene were isolated and characterized. The mouse mECI cDNA comprises an open reading frame of 867 bp, encoding a protein of 32 kDa. The mECI gene, spanning about 15 kb, consists of seven exons. Multiple transcription starts were determined by primer extension experiments. Knowledge of the gene organization and availability of genomic clones for mouse mECI will facilitate the study of unsaturated fatty acid metabolism in normal and pathological states.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität zu Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stoffel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Düker
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hofmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019748:Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D064006:Dodecenoyl-CoA Isomerase; D007438:Introns; D007535:Isomerases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D007535:Isomerases; D019748:Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases; D064006:Dodecenoyl-CoA Isomerase; C576299:Eci1 protein, mouse