title: Molecular cloning and characterization of Rab6 gene in duck.
abstract: Rab (ras-like in rat brain) proteins are small GTP-binding proteins that belong to largest subfamily in the small G protein, which are important for molecular modulation of membrane in the vesicular trafficking pathways. We have cloned and sequenced full length cDNA of Rab6 gene in duck. The cDNA sequence consists of 761 nucleotides and contains a complete open reading frame (ORF) of 627 nucleotides; the putative protein includes 208 amino acids. The CDS of duck Rab6 gene shares 86.1-90.0% homology with house mouse, silurana tropicalis, dog, human and orangutan, which indicates the Rab6 gene is high evolutional conservation in above animals.
authors.affiliation: School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Daoqing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Zhiliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004285:Dogs; D004372:Ducks / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011148:Pongo pygmaeus; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: C094135:Rab6 protein; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins