Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
It has proved impossible to purify the three types of iodothyronine deiodinase to homogeneity by use of standard physiochemical techniques. However, using expression cloning with Xenopus oocytes, we were successful in isolating a cDNA coding for the rat type I iodothyronine deiodinase. An extremely puzzling aspect of this cDNA was an in-frame thymine-guanine-adenine (TGA) codon at position 126. By mutagenesis studies we showed that this coded for selenocysteine, consistent with the previously described requirement for selenium for hepatic and renal thyronine deiodination. The cloned enzyme can be expressed transiently in JEG, a human cell line, or COS, a monkey cell line, by gene-transfer techniques, and the expressed protein has the appropriate biochemical characteristics of type I iodothyronine deiodinase. These include a newly identified extreme sensitivity to competitive inhibition of reverse-3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (rT3) deiodination by gold. The identification of this elusive protein should prove helpful in understanding the process of thyroid hormone activation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-9165
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
249S-255S
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular cloning of the selenocysteine-containing enzyme type I iodothyronine deiodinase.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review