title: The genomic organization of the human GLP-1 receptor gene.
abstract: The genomic organization of the human gene encoding the receptor for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1 (7-37)/(7-36) amide) was analyzed to reveal the relationship to other G-protein-coupled receptors. The coding sequence of the GLP-1 receptor is interrupted by 12 introns. These introns are uniformly distributed within the open reading frame. The length of the introns varies between 6.6 kb and 100 bp, in contrast to the relative constant length of 100 bp of the exons. All of the exon/intron splice junctions characterized followed the consensus GT-AG rule. A comparison of the genomic structure with other related receptor genes indicates that the exon/intron organization is well-conserved among the VIP/ glucagon/secretin receptor family.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Group for Gastrointestinal Endocrinology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany. wilmen@mailer.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilmen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Walkenbach
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Füller
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lankat-Buttgereit
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Göke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Göke
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D016678:Genome; D000067757:Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; C000593833:GLP1R protein, human; D000067757:Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon; D004247:DNA