title: Cloning of GPR37, a gene located on chromosome 7 encoding a putative G-protein-coupled peptide receptor, from a human frontal brain EST library.
abstract: A cDNA sequence encoding a putative peptide-specific G-protein-coupled receptor (GPR37) was isolated from a set of human brain frontal lobe expressed sequence tags. The GPR37 cDNA predicts a single open reading frame coding for a 613-amino-acid protein with seven hydrophobic transmembrane domains. The GPR37 genomic sequence was mapped to chromosome 7q31, and it was isolated upon screening of a chromosome 7-specific genomic library. The GPR37 gene spans more than 25 kb and contains two exons and a single intron which interrupts the GPR37 cDNA within the sequence encoding the presumed third transmembrane domain. Northern blot analysis with GPR37 probes revealed a main 3.8-kb mRNA and a less abundant 8-kb mRNA, both expressed in human brain tissues, particularly in corpus callosum, medulla, putamen, and caudate nucleus. The lowest level of expression was detected in cerebellum. The 3.8-kb mRNA is also less abundantly expressed in liver and placenta. Although the ligand for the putative GPR37 receptor has not been identified, its deduced amino acid sequence shows a high degree of homology (approximately 40% in the transmembrane regions) with most mammalian peptide-specific G-protein-coupled receptors and particularly with the human endothelin-B, bombesin-BB1, and bombesin-BB2 receptors.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Biologia Cellulare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marazziti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Golini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matteoni
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Tocchini-Valentini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C480827:GPR37 receptor, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins