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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-24
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The structure of the mouse natriuretic peptide type-B (BNP) gene was determined by isolating and sequencing genomic clones. The mouse BNP gene was structurally similar to other natriuretic peptide genes and comprised three exons and two introns. Expression of the mouse BNP gene was found only in cardiac tissue as determined by ribonuclease protection analyses. Initiation of transcription was 31 bp downstream from a consensus TATA box as determined by primer extension analysis of cardiac RNA. Comparative DNA sequence analysis identified several DNA elements with potential transcriptional regulatory function. Comparative amino acid sequence analysis showed that the N-terminal portion of the mouse and rat BNP precursors was more conserved than the C-terminal 45-amino-acid sequence that constitute the bioactive BNP-45 peptide. The proteolytic processing site (RXXR-S) generating bioactive BNPs was highly conserved among all BNP precursors and was identical to the consensus site of furin, a calcium-dependent serine endoprotease. Finally, the BNP gene was mapped using recombinant inbred DNA and a polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment-length polymorphism assay to mouse chromosome 4 near the atrial natriuretic factor (Anf) locus. No recombination event between Bnp and Anf was evident in the 39 recombinant inbred and inbred strains examined. This physical linkage between the two natriuretic peptide genes expressed in cardiac tissue may be important for their transcriptional regulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0009-7330
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
984-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Atrial Natriuretic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Natriuretic Peptide, Brain, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:8097440-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure, expression, and genomic mapping of the mouse natriuretic peptide type-B gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't