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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-14
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA synthase (mHS) is the first enzyme of ketogenesis, whereas the cytoplasmic HS isozyme (cHS) mediates an early step in cholesterol synthesis. We here report the sequence of human and mouse liver mHS cDNAs, the sequence of a HS-like cDNA from Caenorhabditis elegans, the structure of a partial human mHS genomic clone, and the mapping of the human mHS gene to chromosome 1p12-p13. The nucleotide sequence of the human mHS cDNA encodes a mature mHS peptide of 471 residues, with a mean amino acid identity of 66.5% with cHS from mammals and chicken. Comparative analysis of all known mHS and cHS protein and DNA sequences shows a high degree of conservation near the N-terminus that decreases progressively toward the C-terminus and suggests that the two isozymes arose from a common ancestor gene 400-900 million years ago. Comparison of the gene structure of mHS and cHS is also consistent with a recent duplication event. We hypothesize that the physiologic result of the HS gene duplication was the appearance of HS within the mitochondria around the time of emergence of early vertebrates, which linked preexisting pathways of beta oxidation and leucine catabolism and created the HMG CoA pathway of ketogenesis, thus providing a lipid-derived energy source for the vertebrate brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
552-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Biological Evolution, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Genomic Library, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Hominidae, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Mitochondria, Liver, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-RNA Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7851882-Vertebrates
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Human mitochondrial HMG CoA synthase: liver cDNA and partial genomic cloning, chromosome mapping to 1p12-p13, and possible role in vertebrate evolution.
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Génétique Médicale, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't