title: Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel human BTBD8 gene containing double BTB/POZ domains.
abstract: BTB/POZ domain is an evolutionarily conserved protein-protein interaction domain often found in developmentally regulated transcription factors. Previous studies have shown that many additional conserved motifs have been found in association with BTB/POZ domain, including kelch repeats, zinc finger domains, FYVE fingers and ankyrin repeats. Here we report a novel human gene containing double BTB/POZ domains, named BTBD8 in agreement with the HUGO Nomenclature Committee. The cDNA sequence contains an open reading frame of 918 bp encoding a putative protein of 305 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass of 34.6 kDa. Protein pattern analysis shows that it contains double BTB/POZ domains. Weak expression was detected in adult brain and prostate of the 16 adult tissues examined, while it had a more abundant expression pattern in human fetal brain. The expression pattern of BTBD8 shows it may have a function related to brain development.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ti
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qihan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Enpeng
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Maoqing
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Tonghai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Chaoneng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Shaohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yumin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C482528:BTBD8 protein, human; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors