title: A novel orphan G protein-coupled receptor primarily expressed in the brain is localized on human chromosomal band 2q21.
abstract: A human hippocampus cDNA library was screened with a probe obtained from degenerate RT-PCR aimed at P2Y-homologous sequences. A positive clone, designated hip4, was identified containing an open reading frame of 1,020 bp that had been previously detected in a published genomic clone called R12. Subsequent screening of a human fetal brain cDNA library yielded a splice variant with a 1,104-bp open reading frame, which was named fb1. Both variants display the seven-transmembrane topology that is typical for G protein-coupled receptors. Probing a human multitissue northern blot revealed two brain-specific transcripts of 2.3 and 6.3 kb, respectively. Northern blot analyses with specific fragments confirmed that the two transcripts are generated by alternative polyadenylation yielding two different 3' untranslated regions. A genomic clone from the corresponding gene was isolated and mapped to human chromosomal band 2q21 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bläsius
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lichter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogilvie
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins