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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-16
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have isolated a cDNA clone from a human placental library which codes for a functional folate transporter (hFOLT). An RT-PCR product obtained from mouse intestinal mRNA using primers specific for the mouse folate transporter cDNA was used to screen the cDNA library. The hFOLT cDNA predicts a protein of 590 amino acids with twelve potential transmembrane domains. The amino acid sequence has 65% identity to the mouse and hamster folate transporters. When transfected into COS-1 and HeLa cells, the hFOLT cDNA causes a significant increase in the uptake of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate. The mRNA transcripts hybridizing to the hFOLT cDNA are detectable in the placenta and liver and also in several cell lines of human origin. The size of the principal transcript is 2.7 kb. This constitutes the first report on the cloning of a vitamin transporter from a human 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
681-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Intestines, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7826387-Transfection
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular cloning of the human placental folate transporter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2100.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.