title: Cloning and in vitro expression of rat lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase.
abstract: Rat lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) cDNA was obtained by reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction amplification of rat liver total RNA. A consensus sequence was derived from four independent clones from two strains of rats. In vitro expression of rat LCAT cDNA in COS cells resulted in secreted enzyme protein with the same fatty acyl specificity for phospholipase A2 activity and cholesterol esterification as rat plasma LCAT, but different from that of recombinant or human plasma LCAT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gebre
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Parks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002784:Cholesterol; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase