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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-16
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Apolipoprotein CII (apoCII) plays an important role in plasma lipid metabolism as an activator for lipoprotein lipase (LPL). We have amplified and sequenced apoCII cDNA from rainbow trout. Amino acid sequence analyses confirmed that this sequence corresponded to the protein that had apoCII activity. Northern blot analyses showed that apoCII mRNA was present in both liver and intestine, but the level in intestine was very low. Two major transcripts (800 and 600bp) were found. The predicted amino acid sequence consists of 112 amino acid residues, including the signal peptide. The mature peptide is seven residues longer than human apoCII (86 versus 79 residues) due to an extension at the amino-terminal end. The rainbow trout sequence showed an overall identity of only 20-25% to previously known apoCII sequences. The carboxy-terminal region (residues 51-79, human numbering) showed 35-45% identity to other apoCII sequences, while in the amino-terminal region, there was little if any identity and it was not possible to predict any long amphipathic, potentially lipid-binding alpha-helices. Trout apoCII was present in all lipoprotein fractions including LDL. At +10 degrees C trout plasma showed higher ability to stimulate LPL than human plasma. We conclude that apoCII from rainbow trout is in most parts structurally different from apoCII from other species, and that it is adapted to function at low temperature.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
254
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Apolipoprotein C-II, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Apolipoproteins C, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Lipoprotein Lipase, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Lipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Mammals, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Oncorhynchus mykiss, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Plasma, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10974550-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Apolipoprotein CII from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is functionally active but structurally very different from mammalian apolipoprotein CII.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Biosciences, Medical Biochemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't