Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Mouse βPix Isoform
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BetaPix, a Pak-interacting guanine nucleotide exchange factor is known to be involved in the regulation of Cdc42/Rac GTPases and Pak kinase activity. Currently, three 1Pix isoforms, betaPix-a, -b, and -c have been reported. In this study, the cDNA of a novel Pix splice variant was isolated from a mouse brain cDNA library. The cloned betaPix isoform, named betaPix-d, lacks leucine zipper domain that is present in other Pix isoforms, and has a 11 amino acid addition at carboxyl terminus and distinct 3'-UTR Analysis of the tissue distribution of betaPix-d using RT-PCR revealed that its message was present mainly in brain and testis but in lower levels in heart, spleen, lung, liver, skeletal muscle and kidney. In situ hybridization studies with the 13Pix-d specific probes in the rat embryo show that betaPix-d isoform is expressed mainly in the central nervous system. Moreover, temporal expression pattern of the isoform is correlated with the active neurogenesis period in the cerebral cortex and cerebellum during rat brain development. These findings suggest that betaPix-d isoform may be developmentally regulated.
- Seoul National University Korea (Republic of)
Cerebral Cortex, Male, Mice, Inbred ICR, DNA, Complementary, Base Sequence, Molecular Sequence Data, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Cell Cycle Proteins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Isoenzymes, Alternative Splicing, Mice, Cerebellum, Animals, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Amino Acid Sequence, Cloning, Molecular, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, In Situ Hybridization
Cerebral Cortex, Male, Mice, Inbred ICR, DNA, Complementary, Base Sequence, Molecular Sequence Data, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Cell Cycle Proteins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Isoenzymes, Alternative Splicing, Mice, Cerebellum, Animals, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Amino Acid Sequence, Cloning, Molecular, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, In Situ Hybridization
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