title: cDNA cloning and characterization of neuron-specific enolase from chicken.
abstract: Chicken gamma-enolase cDNA was cloned and its sequence and tissue-specific expression were analyzed. The cDNA, consisting of 2273 bp of nucleotides, was composed of 86 bp of the 5'-noncoding region, 1305 bp of an open reading frame encoding a protein of 434 amino acids and 882 bp of the 3'-noncoding region. The deduced amino acid sequence showed higher homology (more than 90%) to those of mammalian gamma-enolases than to those of chicken alpha- or beta-enolases. Northern blot analysis has revealed that the mRNA for gamma-enolase (2.3 kb) is expressed in the brain and, to much less but significant extents, in the pituitary and adrenal gland of the chicken.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase