title: cDNA cloning and chromosomal mapping of the gene encoding adenylate kinase 2 from Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: As a step toward understanding of the role of adenylate kinase (AK) in energy metabolism, we analyzed this enzyme in Drosophila melanogaster. The enzyme activities of all three AK isozymes were determined in cell-free extracts of flies, and their proteins were detected by Western blot analysis using polyclonal antibodies against the mammalian isozymes. A cDNA encoding adenylate kinase was isolated from D. melanogaster cDNA library. The cDNA encodes a 240-amino acid protein, which shows high similarity to bovine, human and rat AK2, and hence was named DAK2. Preliminary subcellular fractionation analysis indicated that DAK2 is localized in both cytoplasm and mitochondria. In situ hybridization to salivary gland polytene chromosomes revealed that the Dak2 gene is located at 60B on the right arm of the second chromosome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan. tnoma@po.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noma
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inouye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
mesh_terms: D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002474:Cell-Free System; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000263:Adenylate Kinase; C110938:adenylate kinase 2