A Syrian hamster heart cDNA clone (pVHC1) was identified as an alpha ventricular myosin heavy chain, showing high homology with rat sequences but with a divergent carboxyl-terminal peptide and age-dependent expression.
A cDNA clone, pVHC1, was isolated from a Syrian hamster heart cDNA library and was compared to the rat alpha (pCMHC21) and beta (pCMHC5) ventricular myosin heavy chain cDNA clones. The DNA sequence and amino acid sequence deducted from the DNA show more homology with pCMHC21 than pCMHC5. This indicates that pVHC1 is an alpha ventricular myosin heavy chain cDNA clone. However, even though pVHC1 shows a high degree of nucleotide and amino acid conservation with the rat myosin heavy chain sequences, the carboxyl-terminal peptide and the 3'-untranslated region are highly divergent and specific for this cDNA clone. There appears to be an amino acid deletion in the 3' end of the hamster alpha myosin heavy chain as compared to the rat alpha myosin heavy chain. S1 nuclease mapping experiments have shown that the mRNA represented by this cDNA clone is scarcely expressed in neonatal development, but its expression increases with age and reaches maximal levels in adult life. This cDNA clone provides a useful tool to follow the myosin heavy chain mRNA changes during development and during the genesis of a cardiomyopathy, an autosomal recessive defect carried by the Syrian hamster.
Liew et al. (Thu,) conducted a other in Cardiomyopathy (Syrian hamster model). pVHC1 cDNA clone isolation and characterization vs. Rat alpha and beta ventricular myosin heavy chain cDNA clones was evaluated on DNA and amino acid sequence homology and developmental expression. A Syrian hamster heart cDNA clone (pVHC1) was identified as an alpha ventricular myosin heavy chain, showing high homology with rat sequences but with a divergent carboxyl-terminal peptide and age-dependent expression.
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