title: Characterization and tissue-specific expression of the Drosophila transaldolase gene.
abstract: Transaldolase (TAL) is an enzyme of the non-oxidative part of the pentose phosphate pathway which produces reductive potential in the form of NADPH as well as ribose 5-phosphate for incorporation into nucleotides. Developmental analysis via reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, immunoblots, enzymatic activity, in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry demonstrate that TAL is expressed during all developmental stages in Drosophila. The tal locus is unique and contains two small introns. The first two introns in the human gene are situated at the same locations in the coding sequence as in Drosophila. Analysis of TAL protein levels and expression patterns reveals that it is also expressed in all larval tissues examined with particularly high levels in the fat body. Interestingly, we describe specific TAL expression only in non-neuronal cells in the larval brain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Signalisation, Développement et Cancer, CNRS ESA 8080, Université Paris XI, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France. fabienne.lachaise@ibaic.u-psud.fr
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lachaise
authors.forename: Fida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nassar
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ducancel
authors.forename: Ruben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Italiano
authors.forename: Ghislaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D017344:Genes, Insect / Q000235:genetics; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007438:Introns; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014153:Transaldolase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014153:Transaldolase