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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-9
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Phosphatidylcholine transfer protein (PC-TP) is a cytosolic lipid transfer protein that promotes intermembrane transfer of phosphatidylcholines but no other phospholipids. Although its physiological function remains unknown, phosphatidylcholine transfer protein is enriched in liver and evidence from model systems suggests a role in hepatocellular selection and transport of biliary phospholipids. To facilitate in vivo studies, a cDNA encoding rat PC-TP was cloned by library screening and 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends. Genomic cloning demonstrated the rat Pctp gene spans 10. 8kb and is comprised of six exons. The putative transcription initiation site was identified 50bp upstream of the translation initiation site. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 5'-flanking region revealed a CAAT- but no TATA-box. Transient transfection of a series of 5'-deleted Pctp-promoter-firefly luciferase constructs into Reuber H35 rat hepatoma cells, which express Pctp mRNA, and Gunn rat fibroblasts, which do not, suggest that cis-acting elements in a 637bp promoter region contribute to enhanced expression of PC-TP in liver.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
235
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Androgen-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Phospholipid Transfer Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Prostatein, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Response Elements, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Secretoglobins, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:10415339-Uteroglobin
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and gene structure of rat phosphatidylcholine transfer protein, Pctp.
pubmed:affiliation
Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't