title: Molecular characterization and tissue-specific expression of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase α gene from Grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella.
abstract: Acetyl-CoA carboxylase α (ACC1), the major regulatory enzyme of fatty acid biosynthesis, catalyzes the conversion of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA. The full-length cDNA coding ACC1 isoform was cloned from liver of grass carp. The cDNA obtained was 7515bp with a 7173bp open reading frame encoding 2389 amino acids. The ACC1 protein has a calculated molecular weight of 269.2kDa and isoelectric point of 6.23. Tissue distribution of ACC1 mRNA in brain, mesenteric adipose, spleen, white muscle and liver of grass carp was analyzed by real-time PCR method using β-actin as an internal control for cDNA normalization. The results showed that the expressions of ACC1 mRNA were detected in all examined tissues. Relative expression profile of ACC1 mRNA in liver normalized with β-actin level was 15, 92, 135 and 165-fold compared with the level in brain, white muscle, mesenteric adipose and spleen, respectively. In addition, we present evidence for the presence of two isoforms of ACC1 (265.7kDa and 267.2kDa) in grass carp liver that differ from the 269.2kDa ACC1 by the absence of 34 and 15 amino acids. In conclusion, the liver is one of the main ACC1 producing tissues in grass carp and ACC1 gene was highly homologous to that of mammals.
authors.affiliation: Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, China. CHL3139@163.com
authors.forename: Han-liang
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Nan-jing
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Yong-xing
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jian-he
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zhi-guo
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Chen-chen
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002347:Carps / Q000235:genetics*; D020134:Catalytic Domain / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D029941:Fish Proteins; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase