title: Cloning of the human RoDH-related short chain dehydrogenase gene and analysis of its structure.
abstract: We have previously characterized the first human NAD(+)-dependent short chain dehydrogenase capable of oxidizing all-trans-retinol and androgens, and found only in the liver and skin. In a search for related human enzymes, we identified a partial open reading frame, which exhibited >60% sequence identity to human RoDH-4. The full-length cDNA for this enzyme was determined in our laboratory by 5'-RACE PCR and was found to be identical to the recently reported novel type of oxidative human 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3alpha-HSD). Analysis of the genomic structure revealed that the gene for RoDH-like 3alpha-HSD has four translated exons and, possibly, a fifth exon that codes for the 5'-untranslated region. The gene for RoDH-4 appears to have only four exons. The positions of exon-intron boundaries and the sizes of the protein coding regions are identical in 3alpha-HSD and RoDH-4. Moreover, both genes are mapped to chromosome 12q13, and are located in a close proximity to each other. Both genes appear to have satellite pseudogenes. Thus, RoDH-4 and 3alpha-HSD genes share similar structural organization and cluster on human chromosome 12, near the gene for 11-cis retinol dehydrogenase.
authors: Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5007 Rockhill Road, 103 BSB, 64110, Kansas City, MO, USA. kedishvilin@umkc.edu
authors: N Y
authors: NY
authors: Kedishvili
authors: O V
authors: OV
authors: Belyaeva
authors: W H
authors: WH
authors: Gough
mesh_terms: D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D045002:3-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase (B-Specific); D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C113992:trans-retinol dehydrogenase; C022520:retinol dehydrogenase; D045002:3-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase (B-Specific)