title: Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel human hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-like 2 (HSDL2) cDNA from fetal brain.
abstract: Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (HSDs) are responsible for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones and play a crucial role in mammalian physiology and development. By large-scale sequencing analysis of a human fetal brain cDNA library, we isolated a novel human hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-like cDNA (HSDL2). This cDNA is 3211 bp in length, encoding a 418-amino-acid polypeptide, which contains a typical motif for NAD(P)+-binding (TGxxxGxG), an SDR active site motif (S-Y-K) and a sterol carrier protein domain. HSDL2 shows high similarity with the homologues in the mouse and fruit fly. The HSDL2 gene is mapped to chromosome 9q32 and contains 11 exons. RT-PCR analysis shows that the HSDL2 gene is widely expressed in human tissues and the expression levels in liver, kidney, prostate, testis, and ovary are relatively high.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jianfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Qihan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Chaoneng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Shaohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Qingshan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Robert Chunhua
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yumin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005333:Fetus; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases