MOLECULAR-CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF HUMAN PALMITOYL-COA LIGASE AND ITS TISSUE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION

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GHOSH, B [1 ]
BARBOSA, E [1 ]
SINGH, I [1 ]
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[1] MED UNIV S CAROLINA,DEPT PEDIAT,CHARLESTON,SC 29425
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10.1007/BF01076899
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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A complimentary DNA clone encoding the entire human palmitoyl-CoA ligase has been isolated from a liver cDNA library and sequenced in it's entirety. The predicted product is a 699 amino acid protein. Southern analysis utilizing the human palmitoyl-CoA ligase gene as a probe revealed varying degrees of similarity amongst various mammalian species. The palmitoyl-CoA ligase gene is highly expressed in liver, heart, skeletal muscle and kidney, and to a lesser extent in brain, lung, placenta and pancreas. The expression of palmitoyl-CoA ligase in various tissue parallels the function of this enzyme in the metabolism of fatty acids in these tissues.
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