title: Identification of three isoforms for mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocator in the pufferfish Takifugu rubripes.
abstract: Three adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT) genes were identified through in silico data mining of the Fugu genome database along with isolation of their corresponding cDNAs in vivo from the pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes). As a result of phylogenetic analysis, the ANT gene on scaffold_254 corresponded to mammalian ANT1, whereas both of those on scaffold_6 and scaffold_598 to mammalian ANT3. The ANT gene encoded by scaffold_6 was expressed ubiquitously in various tissues, whereas the ANT genes encoded by scaffold_254 and scaffold_598 were predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle and heart, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Aquatic Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoi
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Misaki
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakaniwa
authors.forename: Chun-Shi
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Shugo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watabe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019295:Computational Biology; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016678:Genome; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000201:enzymology; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000201:enzymology; D000226:Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D023741:Takifugu / Q000235:genetics*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000226:Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases