title: Genomic organization, chromosomal localization, and expression of the murine RAB3D gene.
abstract: Rab proteins, members of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases, play regulatory roles in intercompartmental vesicular transport. Each step of traffic seems to require the participation of at least one distinct Rab, with the Rab3 subfamily involved in stimulated exocytosis. We report our studies on the murine rab3D gene, one of the four mammalian Rab3 isoforms. We located this gene on chromosome 13, region A(2-3). The rab3D gene consists of 5 exons spanning 10.6 kb, and the structural gene is contained in exons 2 through 5 with one canonical GTP-binding motif in each exon. Organization of the rab3D gene is identical to that of rab3A but different from other rab genes. Alternative poly-A(+) signals in the 3' untranslated region account for the identities of multiple transcripts detected by Northern blot analysis. Rab3D is expressed in all tissues studied, predominantly in heart, lung, and liver, and binding sites for multiple transcription factors are found in the TATA-less promoter region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. radachi@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nigam
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tuvim
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: DeMayo
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Dickey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016678:Genome; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020692:rab3 GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C116711:Rab3d protein, mouse; D020692:rab3 GTP-Binding Proteins