title: Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel human gene (HSPBAP1) from human fetal brain.
abstract: Rat PASS1 is a novel protein binding specifically to hsp27 and thus plays a role in regulating stress response in the living cell. Here we report on a human homologue of PASS1, encoded by the gene HSPBAP1. The gene was cloned and identified during a large-scale sequencing analysis of a human fetal brain cDNA library. The human protein shared 80% amino acid identity with rat PASS1. According to bioinformatics analysis, the HSPBAP1 gene is located on chromosome 3q21. RT-PCR analysis indicated that HSPBAP1 was abundant in thymus and pancreas but had a ubiquitously low expression pattern in other human adult tissues except for brain where it was absent.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C455829:HSPBAP1 protein, human; C411882:Hspbap1 protein, rat; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger