title: Cloning and expression of pigeon growth hormone receptor cDNA in COS-7 monkey kidney cells.
abstract: Pigeon growth hormone receptor (pGHR) cDNA has been cloned, sequenced, characterized and expressed in COS-7 cells. The predicted pGHR preprotein was composed of 611 amino acids and contained a putative signal peptide, a single transmembrane region and the conserved proline-rich box 1 domain in the cytoplasmic region. A canonical polyadenylation signal was found in the extracellular region, as was observed in chicken growth hormone receptor cDNA. Northern blot analysis identified a single species of pGHR mRNA and its expression was widely observed in tissues in the young male pigeon. A pGHR expression vector was constructed and transfected into COS-7 cells. The transfected cells were specifically bound by 125I-labeled chicken GH and the binding was suppressed by the addition of excess amounts of unlabeled chicken GH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Mie University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsukada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D002645:Chickens; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D010856:Columbidae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013006:Growth Hormone