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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
Using goldfish as a model, the structure-function relationship of goldfish growth hormone was studied using the strategy of homologous domain swapping. Chimeric mutants were constructed by exchanging homologous regions between goldfish growth hormone (gfGH II) and goldfish prolactin (gfPRL) with their cloned complementary DNAs. Six mutants, with their domain-swapped, were generated to have different combinations of three target regions, including the helix a, helix d and the large section in between these helices (possess the helices b, c and other random coiled regions). After expression in E. coli and refolding, these mutants were characterized by using competitive receptor binding assay (RRA) and growth hormone responding promoter activation assay. The different activity profiles of mutants in Spi 2.1 gene promoter assays from that in RRA shows that, for gfGH, receptor binding dose not confer receptor signal activations. When either helices a or d of gfGH was maintained with other helices replaced by their gfPRL counterparts, both receptor binding and hence gene activation activities are reduced. In mutants with helices b and c in gfGH maintained, containing the gfGH middle section, and helices a and d swapped with gfPRL, the had reduced RRA activities but the promoter activation activities retained. In conclusion, as in the case of human GH, the gfGH molecule possesses two functional sites: one of them is composed of discontinuous epitopes located on the target regions of this study and is for receptor binding; another site is located on the middle section of the molecule that helices a and d are not involved, and it is for activation of GH receptor and intracellular signals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1096-4959
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
146
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
384-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Cricetulus, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Goldfish, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Growth Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Radioligand Assay, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17215157-Structure-Activity Relationship
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Study of goldfish (Carassius auratus) growth hormone structure-function relationship by domain swapping.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't