title: Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone coding for an intestinal-type fatty acid binding protein and its tissue-specific expression in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
abstract: We have cloned a cDNA from zebrafish (Danio rerio) that contains an open-reading frame of 132 amino acids coding for a fatty acid binding protein (FABP) of approximately 15 kDa. Multiple sequence alignment revealed extensive amino acid identity between this zebrafish FABP and intestinal-like FABPs (I-FABP) from other species. The zebrafish I-FABP cDNA hybridized to single restriction fragments of total zebrafish genomic DNA digested with the restriction endonucleases PstI Bg/II or EcoRI suggesting that a single copy of the I-FABP gene is present in the zebrafish genome. An oligonucleotide probe complementary to the zebrafish I-FABP mRNA hybridized to an mRNA of approximately 800 bases in Northern blot analysis. In situ hybridization revealed that the I-FABP mRNA was expressed exclusively in the intestine of the adult zebrafish.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Denovan-Wright
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C490175:fabp7a protein, zebrafish