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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-24
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A novel gene product, GPR56, with homology to the seven transmembrane-domain receptor superfamily, has been cloned by PCR amplification using degenerate oligonucleotide primers and subsequent screening of a human heart cDNA library. The isolated 2.8-kb cDNA clone encodes a protein of 693 amino acids that shows highest identity (32%) to HE6, a member of a subclass of the class B secretin-like G-protein-coupled receptors. Northern analysis of various human tissues revealed a wide distribution of the transcript with highest levels found in thyroid gland, brain, and heart. In situ hybridization analysis of human thyroid gland as well as rat heart and brain tissue confirms these results and identifies the hippocampus and hypothalamic nuclei as brain areas with particularly high expression of GPR56 mRNA. The high level of mRNA expression, its wide distribution, and the mucin-like extracellular domain of the receptor protein suggest a possible role for this receptor in cell-cell interaction processes. The human gene for GPR56 has been isolated and its exon-intron structure determined. The total length of the human GPR56 gene is approximately 15 kb, and it consists of 13 exons. Fluorescence in situ hybridization, PCR analysis of somatic cell hybrids, and interspecific mouse backcross mapping have localized the genes to human chromosome 16q13 and mouse chromosome 8.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
296-305
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Metaphase, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Secretin, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Thyroid Gland, pubmed-meshheading:10049584-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
GPR56, a novel secretin-like human G-protein-coupled receptor gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Neurobiology Program, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't