title: Molecular cloning and characterization of FHL2, a novel LIM domain protein preferentially expressed in human heart.
abstract: A full-length cDNA clone encoding a novel LIM-only protein was isolated and sequenced from a human fetal heart cDNA library. This full-length clone consists of 1416 base pairs and has a predicted open reading frame (ORF) encoding 279 amino acids. The ORF of this polypeptide codes for the human heart-specific four and a half LIM-only protein 2 (FHL2). It possesses an extra zinc finger that is a half LIM domain and four repeats of LIM domain. When the human FHL2 cDNA probe was used to hybridize with poly-A RNA of various human tissues, a very strong signal could be seen in heart tissues, and only moderately low signals could be detected in placenta, skeletal muscle and ovary. Virtually no signal could be detected in brain, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, spleen, thymus, prostate, testis, small intestine, colon or peripheral blood leukocyte. FHL2 was mapped to chromosome 2q12-q13 by fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Luk
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Liew
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Waye
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015870:Gene Expression; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D060850:LIM-Homeodomain Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C105987:FHL2 protein, human; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D060850:LIM-Homeodomain Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors