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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-25
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A novel ras-related gene (rab28) was identified by a PCR-based cloning approach and subsequent screening of rat fat cell and brain cDNA libraries. The deduced amino acid sequence of the cDNA is distantly related with members of the Rab family (31-33% sequence identity, mainly restricted to the six GTP-binding motifs). Cloning of the human homologue of Rab28 by a PCR-based approach revealed the existence of two isoforms (hRab28S, hRab28L) which differ only by a 95-bp insertion within the coding region. This insertion generates an alternative sequence of the 30 C-terminal amino acids of the protein. Both C-termini of the human homologues comprise farnesylation motifs, but differ strikingly in a stretch of 13 amino acids. By PCR, mRNA of hRab28S was detected in most tissues investigated (cortex, liver, kidney, skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, testis and urothelium), whereas hRab28L was predominant in testis. Recombinant Rab28 proteins showed specific binding of radiolabeled guanosine 5'-O-[gamma-thio]triphosphate and rapidly hydrolysed [alpha-32P]GTP; there was no difference in the GTP binding characteristics of the two isoforms hRab28S and hRab28L. It is suggested that the isoforms are derived from the same gene by alternative mRNA splicing, and that their functions differ in a parameter unrelated to its basic role as a GTPase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
237
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
833-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Adipose Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-GTP Phosphohydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:8647132-rab GTP-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Alternative mRNA splicing of the novel GTPase Rab28 generates isoforms with different C-termini.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der RWTH Aachen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't