Molecular cloning, structural characterization and chromosomal localization of human lipoyltransferase gene.

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Fujiwara K, Suzuki M, Okumachi Y, Okamura-Ikeda K, Fujiwara T, Takahashi E, Motokawa Y

Molecular cloning, structural characterization and chromosomal localization of human lipoyltransferase gene.

Eur J Biochem. 1999 Mar;260(3):761-7.

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Abstract

Lipoyltransferase catalyzes the transfer of the lipoyl group from lipoyl-AMP to the lysine residue of the lipoate-dependent enzymes. We isolated human lipoyltransferase cDNA and genomic DNA. The cDNA insert contained a 1119-base pair open reading frame encoding a precursor peptide of 373 amino acids. Predicted amino acid sequence of the protein shares 88 and 31% identity with bovine lipoyltransferase and Escherichia coli lipoate-protein ligase A, respectively. Northern blot analyses of poly(A)+ RNA indicated a major species of about 1.5 kb. mRNA levels of lipoyltransferase were highest in skeletal muscle and heart, showing good correlation with those of dihydrolipoamide acyltransferase subunits of pyruvate, 2-oxoglutarate and branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase complexes and H-protein of the glycine cleavage system which accept lipoic acid as a prosthetic group. The human lipoyltransferase gene is a single copy gene composed of four exons and three introns spanning approximately 8 kb of genomic DNA. Some alternatively spliced mRNA species were found by 5'-RACE analysis, and the most abundant species lacks the third exon. The human lipoyltransferase gene was localized to chromosome band 2q11.2 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.

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Polypeptides
NameUniProt ID
Lipoyltransferase 1, mitochondrialQ9Y234Details