title: Cloning and expression of cDNA encoding heart-type isoform of AMP deaminase.
abstract: Mouse cDNA for the heart-type (H) isoform of AMP deaminase (EC 3.5.4.6., AMPD) has been isolated and characterized. The cDNA for the Ampd gene expressed in heart is predicted to encode a peptide of 766 amino acids with a molecular mass of 88 kDa. The coding region of this cDNA was quite homologous to the human AMPD3 gene which encodes the erythrocyte-type (E) isoform of AMPD, although the H-isoform of rodent AMPD was reported to be immunologically distinct from the E-isoform of human AMPD. The non-coding region of the isolated cDNA is not homologous to human AMPD3, while rodent Ampd1 has similarity to human AMPD1 in the non-coding region as well as in the coding region. The transcripts for the cloned cDNA were expressed in heart, slow-twitch skeletal muscle and non-muscle tissues. Prokaryotic expression showed that this cDNA encodes a catalytically active enzyme which reacts to the specific antibody raised to the H-isoform of AMPD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morisaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sermsuvitayawong
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mineo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morisaki
mesh_terms: D000659:AMP Deaminase / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000659:AMP Deaminase