title: Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of CYP1A1 cDNA from leaping mullet (Liza Saliens) liver and implications for the potential functions of its conserved amino acids.
abstract: A 2,037 bp CYP1A1 cDNA (GenBank AF072899) was cloned through screening of a lambdaZipLox cDNA library constructed from the liver of a leaping mullet (Liza saliens) fish captured from Izmir Bay on the Aegean coast of Turkey using rainbow trout CYP1A1 cDNA as a probe. This clone has a 130 bp 5'-flanking region, a 1,563 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a 521-amino acid protein (58,972 Da), and a 344 bp 3'-untranslated region without a poly (A) tail. Alignment of the deduced amino acids of CYP1A1 cDNAs showed 58% and 69-96% identities with human and 12 other fish species, respectively. Southern blot analysis suggested that this CYP1A1 cDNA was from a single-copy gene. Based on the comparison with CYP1A1 genes reported for fish and mammals, the leaping mullet CYP1A1 gene is probably split into 7 exons. The intron insertion sites were predicted. Alignment of the CYP1A1 cDNA encoded amino acids from 13 fish and 7 mammalian species disclosed differences in highly conserved amino acids between aquatic and land vertebrates. The possible associated secondary structure; conserved motifs and substrate-binding sites were discussed. The phylogenetic relationships of CYP1A1s among 13 fish species were analyzed by a distance method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon, USA. alaattinsen@ixir.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Urbach
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang-Buhler
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arinc
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Buhler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1