title: Molecular cloning of a diacylglycerol kinase isozyme predominantly expressed in rat retina.
abstract: We have cloned and characterized a new diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) isozyme which is expressed in the retina and the brain of rat. The cDNA contains an open reading frame of 567 amino acid residues with a predicted protein of 64 kDa and shows very high homology to human DGK epsilon. The new DGK isozyme contains two distinctive zinc-finger structures and a putative catalytic domain. This DGK expressed predominantly in the inner and outer nuclear layers of retina. This expression pattern is different from those of the previously cloned DGKs including the human DGK epsilon, suggesting that this DGK isozyme has potential importance in visual functions as was the case in Drosophila retinal cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kohyama-Koganeya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hotta
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019852:Diacylglycerol Kinase; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D051381:Rats; D012160:Retina / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D019852:Diacylglycerol Kinase