title: Cloning and expression of the cDNA for rat NAD+-dependent 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase.
abstract: The cDNA for rat NAD+-dependent 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) was cloned from an intestinal cDNA library. The sequence of this cDNA was found to be identical to that of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) product obtained using rat lung RNA as a template. The cDNA contains a 798-bp open reading frame that codes for a protein of 266 amino acids (M(r) 28,775) which shares 88.7% identity with the human 15-PGDH and 92.1% identity with the mouse 15-PGDH protein. The regions that are believed to be the NAD+ binding domain and the active site are conserved in the enzymes from the three different species. However, the sequence of the C-terminal 9 amino acids appears to be significantly different. The authenticity of the rat cDNA was confirmed by the expression of an enzymatically active 15-PGDH in E. coli.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0082, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ensor
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases; C035859:15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase