title: A novel putative M9.2 isoform of V-ATPase expressed in the nervous system.
abstract: We have identified a cDNA encoding a novel putative neuron-specific isoform of vacuolar proton-translocating ATPase (V-ATPase), NM9.2, from rat and mouse. Sequence analysis revealed that NM9.2 conserved similar characteristic amino acid sequences with 60-70% identity to M9.2 previously isolated from V-ATPase in chromaffin granules. Using Northern blot analysis, NM9.2 mRNA was specifically detected in the brain, whereas M9.2 mRNA was widely expressed in various tissues. In situ hybridization showed that NM9.2 gene expression was restricted mainly to neuronal cells and consistent with that of the a1/Ac116 subunit of V-ATPase. NM9.2 is a putative neuronal isoform of the 9.2 kDa subunit in V-ATPase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Morphology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya University, I Kawasumi, Nagoya, Japan. tueda@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ugawa
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats / Q000235:genetics*; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012160:Retina / Q000737:chemistry; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005136:Eye Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C447616:VMA5 protein, S cerevisiae; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases