title: Molecular characterization of glutathione peroxidase gene from the liver of silver carp, bighead carp and grass carp.
abstract: The cDNAs encoding glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were cloned and sequenced from the liver of three Chinese carps with different tolerance to hepatotoxic microcystins, phytoplanktivorous silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) and bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis), and herbivorous grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). Using genome walker method, a 750 bp 5'-flanking region of the silver carp GPx gene was obtained, and several potential regulatory elements were identified in the promoter region of the GPx gene. The silver carp GPx gene was widely expressed in all tissues examined. Despite phylogenetic analysis, assigning this newly described carp GPx to the group of mammalian GPx2, the carp GPx seems more similar to GPx1 from a physiological point of view. The constitutive expression pattern of the three carp liver GPx gene, shows a positive relationship with their tolerance to microcystins.
authors: College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Shipai, Guangzhou, China.
authors: Guang-Zhao
authors: GZ
authors: Li
authors: Xu-Fang
authors: XF
authors: Liang
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Yao
authors: Wan-Qin
authors: WQ
authors: Liao
authors: Wei-Feng
authors: WF
authors: Zhu
mesh_terms: D024506:5' Flanking Region / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002347:Carps / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase