title: Molecular cloning and genomic organization of a novel receptor from Drosophila melanogaster structurally related to mammalian galanin receptors.
abstract: We screened the Berkeley "Drosophila Genome Project" database with "electronic probes" corresponding to conserved amino acid sequences from the five known rat somatostatin receptors. This yielded alignment with a Drosophila genomic clone that contained a DNA sequence coding for a protein, having amino acid sequence identities with the rat galanin receptors. Using PCR with Drosophila cDNA as a template, and oligonucleotide probes coding for the exons of the presumed Drosophila gene, we were able to clone the cDNA for this receptor. The Drosophila receptor has most amino acid sequence identity with the three mammalian galanin receptors (37% identity with the rat galanin receptor type-1, 32% identity with type-2, and 29% identity with type-3). Less sequence identity exists with the mammalian opioid/nociceptin-orphanin FQ receptors (26% identity with the rat micro opioid receptor), and mammalian somatostatin receptors (25% identity with the rat somatostatin receptor type-2). The novel Drosophila receptor gene contains ten introns and eleven exons and is located at the distal end of the X chromosome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Søndergaard
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Grimmelikhuijzen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005091:Exons; D017344:Genes, Insect; D016678:Genome; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D044091:Receptor, Galanin, Type 1; D044092:Receptor, Galanin, Type 2; D044088:Receptors, Galanin; D018013:Receptors, Neuropeptide / Q000235:genetics*; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019476:Insect Proteins; D044091:Receptor, Galanin, Type 1; D044092:Receptor, Galanin, Type 2; D044088:Receptors, Galanin; D018013:Receptors, Neuropeptide; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin