TY - JOUR
T1 - α3, α5, and β;4
T2 - Three members of the rat neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-related gene family form a gene cluster
AU - Boulter, Jim
AU - O'Shea-Greenfield, Anne
AU - Duvoisin, Robert M.
AU - Connolly, John G.
AU - Wada, Etsuko
AU - Jensen, Abbie
AU - Gardner, Paul D.
AU - Ballivet, Marc
AU - Deneris, Evan S.
AU - McKinnon, David
AU - Heinemann, Steve
AU - Patrick, Jim
PY - 1990/3/15
Y1 - 1990/3/15
N2 - We have identified two additional members of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)-related gene family. cDNA clones for one new gene, designated α5, were isolated from rat hippocampus and rat PC12 cell line cDNA libraries. The α5 gene encodes a protein of 48,800 daltons (424 amino acids) which exhibits significant overall amino acid sequence identity with the previously cloned rat nAChR subunits α1 (49%), α2 (55%), α3 (52%), and α4 (49%). Features characteristic of other nAChR α-subunits are present such as conserved cysteine residues at positions 127, 141, 191, and 192, and four strongly hydrophobic domains. A second addition to the nAChR-related gene family, designated β4, is encoded in overlapping rat genomic clones λDD15 and λRG518 A. The β4 gene, encoding a mature protein of 53,300 daltons (475 amino acids), consists of 6 exons and has a transcription unit length of ∼18 kilobase pairs. The β4 gene encoded protein shows considerable amino acid sequence identity with nAChR β1 (43%), β2 (64%), and β3 (44%) subunits. Northern blots showed that, along with α3 and β2, transcripts for both the α5 and β4 genes are present in the PC12 cell line, while in situ hybridization experiments demonstrated expression of the α5 and β4 genes in a small number of nuclei in the central nervous system. Finally, the genes that encode the β4, α3, and α5 proteins are transcribed with convergent polarities and form a tightly linked gene cluster spanning ∼60 kilobase pairs.
AB - We have identified two additional members of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)-related gene family. cDNA clones for one new gene, designated α5, were isolated from rat hippocampus and rat PC12 cell line cDNA libraries. The α5 gene encodes a protein of 48,800 daltons (424 amino acids) which exhibits significant overall amino acid sequence identity with the previously cloned rat nAChR subunits α1 (49%), α2 (55%), α3 (52%), and α4 (49%). Features characteristic of other nAChR α-subunits are present such as conserved cysteine residues at positions 127, 141, 191, and 192, and four strongly hydrophobic domains. A second addition to the nAChR-related gene family, designated β4, is encoded in overlapping rat genomic clones λDD15 and λRG518 A. The β4 gene, encoding a mature protein of 53,300 daltons (475 amino acids), consists of 6 exons and has a transcription unit length of ∼18 kilobase pairs. The β4 gene encoded protein shows considerable amino acid sequence identity with nAChR β1 (43%), β2 (64%), and β3 (44%) subunits. Northern blots showed that, along with α3 and β2, transcripts for both the α5 and β4 genes are present in the PC12 cell line, while in situ hybridization experiments demonstrated expression of the α5 and β4 genes in a small number of nuclei in the central nervous system. Finally, the genes that encode the β4, α3, and α5 proteins are transcribed with convergent polarities and form a tightly linked gene cluster spanning ∼60 kilobase pairs.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 1689727
AN - SCOPUS:11944260284
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 265
SP - 4472
EP - 4482
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 8
ER -