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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-6
pubmed:abstractText
Using the technique of the polymerase chain reaction primed with oligonucleotides based on the homologous transmembrane regions of seven transmembrane G protein-linked receptors, we isolated three full-length human genes that encode a novel subgroup of this receptor family. Recently, two of these receptors were identified as specific for alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) and adrenocorticotropic hormone. We report the molecular cloning and pharmacologic characterization of a third member of this subgroup. The gene for this receptor encodes a protein of 361 amino acids in length. Its pharmacology characterizes it as an MSH receptor specific to the heptapeptide core common to adrenocorticotropic hormone and alpha-, beta-, and gamma-MSH. By Northern blot hybridization and polymerase chain reaction, it is expressed in brain, placental, and gut tissues but not in melanoma cells or in the adrenal gland. These findings may yield insight into the physiology of peptides derived from pro-opiomelanocortin post-translational processing.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
268
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8246-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-L Cells (Cell Line), pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Receptors, Pituitary Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Templates, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:8463333-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular cloning of a novel melanocortin receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0386.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't