title: Molecular cloning of rat ATX1 homologue protein.
abstract: An ATX1 homologue of 503 bp length was cloned from a rat cDNA library, and the deduced protein from the cDNA was found to contain 68 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 7.2 kDa. The rat ATX1 homologue protein (Rah1p), which shows 35%, 38%, and 89% identities with Atx1p, CUC-1, and HAH1, respectively, conserves both the MTCXXC copper-binding site in the N terminus and the KTGK lysine-rich region in the C terminus. In Northern blot analysis, rah1 mRNA was found to be expressed at high levels in the liver, small intestine, and testis. Expression of rah1 cDNA complemented a null atx1 mutant strain in yeast. Thus, Rah1p was concluded to be a functional copper chaperone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Nakauchi-cho, Misasagi, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, 607-8414, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiromura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakurai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism; D000079922:Copper Transport Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008297:Male; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C093341:ATX1 protein, S cerevisiae; C499248:Atox1 protein, rat; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000079922:Copper Transport Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D003300:Copper