title: A different isoform of the transport protein mutated in the glycogen storage disease 1b is expressed in brain.
abstract: There are differences in the kinetic properties of the liver and brain microsomal glucose-6-phosphate transport systems suggesting the possibility of tissue specific isoforms. The availability of a human liver cDNA sequence which is mutated in patients with deficiencies of liver microsomal glucose-6-phosphate transport (glycogen storage disease 1b) made it possible to determine if a brain isoform exists. Northern blots of liver and brain RNA revealed that the mRNA of the brain form is slightly longer than the liver one. Isolation and sequencing of the respective human brain cDNA revealed that the brain protein has an additional 22 amino acid sequence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee University, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Middleditch
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Clottes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burchell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005953:Glycogen Storage Disease Type I / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase