title: Isolation, sequence identification and expression profile of three novel genes Rab2A, Rab3A and Rab7A from Black-boned sheep (Ovis aries).
abstract: Complete coding sequences of three Black-boned sheep (Ovis aries) genes Rab2A, Rab3A and Rab7A were amplified using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) based on the conserved sequence information of cattle or other mammals known to be highly homologous to sheep ESTs. The Black-boned sheep Rab2A gene encodes a protein of 226 amino acids which contains the conserved putative RabL2 domain and is highly homologous to the Rab2A proteins of seven other species--cattle (96%), human (83%), Sumatran orangutan (82%), rat (81%), mouse (80%), African clawed frog (72%) and zebrafish (71%). The Black-boned sheep Rab3A gene encodes a protein of 220 amino acids that contains the conserved putative Rab3 domain and is very similar to the Rab3A proteins of four species--cattle (99%), African clawed frog (99%), Western clawed frog (98%) and zebrafish (95%). And the Black-boned sheep Rab7A gene encodes a protein of 207 amino acids that contains the conserved putative Rab7 domain and has high homology with the Rab7A proteins of six other species--human (99%), dog (99%), Sumatran orangutan (99%), zebrafish (97%), rabbit (97%) and African clawed frog (96%). Analysis of the phylogenetic tree has demonstrated that the Black-boned sheep Rab2A, Rab3A and Rab7A proteins share a common ancestor and the tissue expression analysis has shown that the corresponding genes are 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 a further insight into these three sheep genes.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004285:Dogs; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D034561:Sheep, Domestic / Q000235:genetics*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D020693:rab2 GTP-Binding Protein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D020826:rab3A GTP-Binding Protein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D000090802:rab7 GTP-Binding Proteins
chemical_list: D000090802:rab7 GTP-Binding Proteins; C000716463:rab7 GTP-binding proteins, human; C000716465:rab7 GTP-binding proteins, mouse; C000716466:rab7 GTP-binding proteins, rat; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins; D020693:rab2 GTP-Binding Protein; D020826:rab3A GTP-Binding Protein