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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-16
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have cloned and sequenced a full length cDNA for the light subunit of human liver gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS1). The GCS1 cDNA consists of 1628 bp, containing an open reading frame of 822 bp which encodes a protein of 274 amino acids having a calculated M(r) of 30,729 Daltons. Human liver GCS1 shares 91% and 96% sequence homology at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, respectively, with its rat counterpart (Huang, Anderson and Meister, J. Biol. Chem. 268:20578-20583, 1993). Transcripts of 1.4 and 4.1 kb in length were detected by Northern blot analysis of mRNA isolated from each of sixteen different human tissues. Relative expression of the two GCS1 RNA transcripts was highly tissue-dependent. High steady-state levels of the smaller transcript were detected in colon, while very high levels of both transcripts were found in skeletal muscle. Expression of mRNA transcripts for the GCS heavy subunit were likewise tissue-dependent, and did not necessarily correlate with the level of GCS1 transcripts in any tissue.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
206
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
584-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:7826375-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA for the light subunit of human liver gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and relative mRNA levels for heavy and light subunits in human normal tissues.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53792.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.