title: Cloning and characterization of the murine P2XM receptor gene.
abstract: We have isolated the murine counterpart of the human P2XM gene (mP2XM), a P2X purinoceptor that is expressed predominantly in skeletal muscle. The mP2XM gene, consisting of 12 exons that span 10 kb of genomic DNA, encodes a 379-amino-acid product with 83% identity to the human homologue. Two potential transmembrane domains (M1 and M2) are present in the predicted product, and a segment resembling the H5 region of voltage-gated ion channels is completely conserved between human and mouse P2XM proteins. Predominant expression of mP2XM in murine skeletal muscle was confirmed by Northern-blot analysis, and a low level of expression was detectable in lung tissue, although human lung does not express P2XM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003360:Cosmids; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; C110590:purinoceptor P2X6