title: Isolation, nucleotide identification and tissue expression of three novel ovine genes-SLC25A4, SLC25A5 and SLC25A6.
abstract: The complete coding sequences of three of sheep genes SLC25A4, SLC25A5 and SLC25A6 were firstly amplified using the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) according to the conserved sequence information of the cattle or other mammals and known highly homologous sheep ESTs. Sheep SLC25A4, SLC25A5 and SLC25A6 genes encode three corresponding proteins of 298 amino acids which contain the identically conserved putative mitochondrial carrier protein domain. Sheep SLC25A4 protein has high homology with the SLC25A4 proteins of six species-cattle (99%), human (95%), rat (95%), mouse (94%), dog (94%) and chicken (89%). Sheep SLC25A5 protein has high identity with the SLC25A5 proteins of five species-cattle (100%), dog (99%), mouse (98%), rat (98%) and human (98%). Sheep SLC25A6 protein also has high homology with the SLC25A6 proteins of four species-cattle (99%), human (97%), pig (97%) and chicken (93%). The phylogenetic tree analysis demonstrated that sheep SLC25A4, SLC25A5 and SLC25A6 proteins share a common ancestor. Moreover, SLC25A4, SLC25A5 and SLC25A6 proteins present stronger interaction each other. The tissue expression analysis indicated that sheep SLC25A4, SLC25A5 and SLC25A6 genes were expressed in a range of tissues including leg muscle, kidney, skin, longissimus dorsi muscle, spleen, heart and liver. Our experiment is the first to provide the primary foundation for further insight into these three sheep genes.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.
authors.forename: Liangyu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yiduo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Qingbo
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Wencai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dongmei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Huaming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D033741:Adenine Nucleotide Translocator 1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D033742:Adenine Nucleotide Translocator 2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D033781:Adenine Nucleotide Translocator 3 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011485:Protein Binding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012756:Sheep / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D033741:Adenine Nucleotide Translocator 1; D033742:Adenine Nucleotide Translocator 2; D033781:Adenine Nucleotide Translocator 3