title: Molecular cloning of a murine glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-like protein 1 (xGPAT1).
abstract: A novel murine glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-like protein 1 (named xGPAT1) has been cloned. The mouse xGPAT1 gene is located on mouse Chromosome 2, spans >19 kb, and consists of at least 23 exons. The protein is 32% identical and 72% similar to mouse mitochondrial GPAT (mtGPAT) on the amino acid level. Sequencing analysis confirmed that xGPAT1 has a 2403-bp open reading frame (ORF) that encodes an 801-amino acid protein with an estimated molecular mass of 89.1 kDa. A hydropathy plot of the deduced xGPAT1 protein showed a high degree of similarity with that of the mtGPAT protein. Using 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends, two alternate, untranslated exon 1 (1a and b) isoforms were obtained, generating variants xGPAT1-v1 and xGPAT1-v2. xGPAT1-v1 is expressed in mouse heart, liver, spleen, kidney and murine inner medullary collecting duct 3 (mIMCD3) cells, while xGPAT1-v2 is expressed in mouse liver, spleen, kidney, white and brown adipose tissues and 3T3-L1 pre- and post-adipocytes. xGPAT1 was distributed in the membrane fraction and showed GPAT activity when epitope-tagged xGPAT1 was expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-K1 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3-18-15, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima City 770-8503, Japan. harada@nutr.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nagakatsu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Sayuri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Tomoe
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zenitani
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mawatari
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakaya
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016466:CHO Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D033481:Chromosomes, Mammalian / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D000939:Epitopes; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase