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1: FEBS Lett. 1989 Jan 2;242(2):425-30.Click here to read Links

cDNA cloning and nucleotide sequence of rat muscle-specific enolase (beta beta enolase).

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Japan.

The nucleotide sequence of rat muscle-specific enolase cDNA was determined by sequencing three cDNA clones encoding this enolase isozyme. The nearly full-length cDNA consists of 13-bp 5'- and 84-bp 3'-noncoding regions and a poly(A) tail in addition to a 1302-bp coding region encoding a polypeptide composed of 434 amino acid residues. The deduced primary structure of this enolase isozyme is about 80% similar to those determined previously for rat neuron-specific and non-neuronal enolase isozymes. Southern blot analysis suggested strongly the existence of a single copy of the muscle-specific enolase gene per haploid genome. The mRNA for this enolase isozyme was detected in rat skeletal muscle on day 1 after birth and its level increased rapidly during 10-30 days after birth without any change in its size (1500 bases).

PMID: 2914621 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]