PUBLICATION
The fabp4 gene of zebrafish (Danio rerio)--genomic homology with the mammalian FABP4 and divergence from the zebrafish fabp3 in developmental expression
- Authors
- Liu, R.Z., Saxena, V., Sharma, M.K., Thisse, C., Thisse, B., Denovan-Wright, E.M.,Wright, J.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-070513-13
- Date
- 2007
- Source
- The FEBS journal 274(6): 1621-1633 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Saxena, Vishal, Sharma, Mukesh, Thisse, Bernard, Thisse, Christine, Wright, Jonathan M.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Complementary
- Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins/genetics*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Genome*
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 17480210 Full text @ FEBS J.
Citation
Liu, R.Z., Saxena, V., Sharma, M.K., Thisse, C., Thisse, B., Denovan-Wright, E.M.,Wright, J.M. (2007) The fabp4 gene of zebrafish (Danio rerio)--genomic homology with the mammalian FABP4 and divergence from the zebrafish fabp3 in developmental expression. The FEBS journal. 274(6):1621-1633.
Abstract
Teleost fishes differ from mammals in their fat deposition and distribution. The gene for adipocyte-type fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP or FABP4) has not been identified thus far in fishes. We have determined the cDNA sequence and defined the structure of a fatty acid-binding protein gene (designated fabp4) from the zebrafish genome. The polypeptide sequence encoded by zebrafish fabp4 showed highest identity to the H(ad)-FABP or H6-FABP from Antarctic fishes and the putative orthologs from other teleost fishes (83-88%). Phylogenetic analysis clustered the zebrafish FABP4 with all Antarctic fish H6-FABPs and putative FABP4s from other fishes in a single clade, and then with the mammalian FABP4s in an extended clade. Zebrafish fabp4 was assigned to linkage group 19 at a distinct locus from fabp3. A number of closely linked syntenic genes surrounding the zebrafish fabp4 locus were found to be conserved with human FABP4. The zebrafish fabp4 transcripts showed sequential distribution in the developing eye, diencephalon and brain vascular system, from the middle somitogenesis stage to 48 h postfertilization, whereas fabp3 mRNA was located widely in the embryonic and/or larval central nervous system, retina, myotomes, pancreas and liver from middle somitogenesis to 5 days postfertilization. Differentiation in developmental regulation of zebrafish fabp4 and fabp3 gene transcription suggests distinct functions for these two paralogous genes in vertebrate development.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping