title: All-trans retinoic acid affects subcellular localization of a novel BmNIF3l protein: functional deduce and tissue distribution of NIF3l gene from silkworm (Bombyx mori).
abstract: A novel cDNA sequence encoding a predicted protein of 271 amino acids containing a conserved NIF3 domain was found from a pupal cDNA library of silkworm. The corresponding gene was named BmNIF3l (Bombyx mori NGG1p interacting factor 3-like). It was found by bioinformatics that BmNIF3l gene consisted of five exons and four introns and BmNIF3l had a high degree of homology to other NIF3-like proteins, especially in the N-terminal and C-terminal regions. A His-tagged BmNIF3l fusion protein with a molecular weight of approximately 33.6 kDa was expressed and purified to homogeneity. We have used the purified fusion protein to produce polyclonal antibodies against BmNIF3l for histochemical analysis. Subcellular localization revealed that BmNIF3l is a cytoplasmic protein that responds to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Western blotting and real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction showed that the expression level of BmNIF3l is higher in tissues undergoing differentiation. Taken together, the results suggest that BmNIF3l functions in transcription.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Jianqing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qijing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gai
authors.forename: Zhengbing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zuoming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Xiangfu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yaozhou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons; D015723:Gene Library; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007438:Introns; D007814:Larva / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011679:Pupa / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014212:Tretinoin