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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-2-7
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
To study the primary structure of human acetylcholinesterase (AcChoEase; EC 3.1.1.7) and its gene expression and amplification, cDNA libraries from human tissues expressing oocyte-translatable AcChoEase mRNA were constructed and screened with labeled oligodeoxynucleotide probes. Several cDNA clones were isolated that encoded a polypeptide with greater than or equal to 50% identically aligned amino acids to Torpedo AcChoEase and human butyrylcholinesterase (BtChoEase; EC 3.1.1.8). However, these cDNA clones were all truncated within a 300-nucleotide-long G + C-rich region with a predicted pattern of secondary structure having a high Gibbs free energy (-117 kcal/mol) downstream from the expected 5' end of the coding region. Screening of a genomic DNA library revealed the missing 5' domain. When ligated to the cDNA and constructed into a transcription vector, this sequence encoded a synthetic mRNA translated in microinjected oocytes into catalytically active AcChoEase with marked preference for acetylthiocholine over butyrylthiocholine as a substrate, susceptibility to inhibition by the AcChoEase inhibitor BW284C51, and resistance to the BtChoEase inhibitor tetraisopropylpyrophosphoramide. Blot hybridization of genomic DNA from different individuals carrying amplified AcChoEase genes revealed variable intensities and restriction patterns with probes from the regions upstream and downstream from the predicted G + C-rich structure. Thus, the human AcChoEase gene includes a putative G + C-rich attenuator domain and is subject to structural alterations in cases of AcChoEase gene amplification.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
9688-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Acetylcholinesterase, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Cytosine, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Guanine, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2263619-Torpedo
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular cloning and construction of the coding region for human acetylcholinesterase reveals a G + C-rich attenuating structure.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't