title: Identification, characterization and cytogenetic mapping of a yeast Vps54 homolog in rat and mouse.
abstract: A novel gene, VPS54-like (Vps54l), is described in the rat that is homologous to the yeast Vps54 gene which is known to be involved in intracellular protein sorting. Furthermore, Vps54-related sequences of human, mouse, Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans and Arabidopsis thaliana could be identified in the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ database. Each of the deduced amino acid sequences of the Vps54 genes in these species contain a coiled-coil region and eight to 13 dileucine motifs. The rat Vps54l gene could be mapped to the end of chromosome 14 by radiation hybrid analysis 7 cR(3000) from the D14Rat22 marker and to 14q22 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Using a rat Vps54l-containing P1-derived artificial chromosome (PAC) clone the respective ortholog was mapped to chromosome 11A3 in the mouse. In addition, the rat genome contains a processed pseudogene of Vps54l on chromosome 7q22. PAC clone analysis shows that the rat Vps54l gene maps close to the UDP-glucose-pyrophosphorylase 2 gene. The two genes are in tail to tail orientation with their polyadenylation sites 497 bp apart. Rat Vps54l appears to be expressed ubiquitously, but at a relatively low level. Alternatively spliced transcripts could be isolated which lack the sequence coding for the coiled-coil region.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunogenetics, Georg-August-University, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany. lwalter@gwdg.de
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: Khalil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Helou
authors.forename: Perris
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flügge
authors.forename: Göran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Levan
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Günther
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011544:Pseudogenes / Q000235:genetics; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D021101:Radiation Hybrid Mapping; D051381:Rats; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C093602:VPS52 protein, S cerevisiae; C117606:VPS54 protein, S cerevisiae; C486749:VPS54 protein, human; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; C486750:Vps54 protein, mouse; C457200:Vps54-ps1 protein, rat; D012313:RNA