title: Identification of transcriptional start sites and splicing of mouse thiamine transporter gene THTR-1 (Slc19a2).
abstract: We have previously reported the cDNA cloning of the mouse thiamine transporter THTR-1 as a p53 transcriptional target gene (renamed THTR-1a hereinafter). The mouse THTR-1a is predicted to encode a protein of 12 hydrophobic stretches and a hydrophilic loop of 87 amino acids between transmembrane helices VI and VII. The mouse THTR-1 gene has been cloned, two major transcriptional start sites located at -175 and -183 relative to the translation start codon were identified. In addition, we have cloned a spliced variant, designated THTR-1b, from mouse liver cDNA library. This isoform is characterized by an inframe deletion of 114 nucleotides from the 3'-terminal region of exon 2, predicting the expression of a truncated protein lacking the central 38 amino acids of the loop region. THTR-1b coexpressed with THTR-1a in many of the mouse tissues and in day-7 to day-17 embryos, but in lower levels than the THTR-1a. When expressed in mammalian cells, both isoforms were able to mediate the transport of thiamine. Therefore, the transport function of the mouse THTR-1 is not determined by the central 38 amino acids of its loop region.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Li-Nong St, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai, Taipei, 112 Taiwan.
authors.forename: Pang-Kuo
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Fung-Fang
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D015723:Gene Library; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013831:Thiamine / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C492292:Slc19a2 protein, mouse; D013831:Thiamine