title: A close relative of the adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) gene codes for a peroxisomal protein with a specific expression pattern.
abstract: Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a severe demyelinating disease, is caused by mutations in a gene coding for a peroxisomal membrane protein (ALDP), which belongs to the superfamily of ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters and has the structure of a half transporter. ALDP showed 38% sequence identity with another peroxisomal membrane protein, PMP70, up to now its closest homologue. We describe here the cloning and characterization of a mouse ALD-related gene (ALDR), which codes for a protein with 66% identity with ALDP and shares the same half transporter structure. The ALDR protein was overexpressed in COS cells and was found to be associated with the peroxisomes. The ALD and ALDR genes show overlapping but clearly distinct expression patterns in mouse and may thus play similar but nonequivalent roles. The ALDR gene, which appears highly conserved in man, is a candidate for being a modifier gene that could account for some of the extreme phenotypic variability of ALD. The ALDR gene is also a candidate for being implicated in one of the complementation groups of Zellweger syndrome, a genetically heterogeneous disorder of peroxisome biogenesis, rare cases of which were found to be associated with mutations in the PMP70 (PXMP1) gene.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Médicale Université Louis Pasteur, C.U. de Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lombard-Platet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Savary
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Sarde
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mandel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chimini
mesh_terms: D000074061:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily D; D000074063:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily D, Member 1; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000326:Adrenoleukodystrophy / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008830:Microbodies / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection; D015211:Zellweger Syndrome / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C115572:ABCD1 protein, human; C431694:ABCD2 protein, human; D000074061:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily D; D000074063:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily D, Member 1; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins