Abstract
Two overlapping cDNA clones encoding pigeon liver carnitine acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.7) (CAT) were isolated from a pigeon liver lambda gt11 cDNA library by gene amplification using oligonucleotide primers based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the enzyme. The two clones, which represent the 5' and 3' ends of the gene, were spliced together to form a single cDNA construct containing the entire coding sequence for CAT, with an in-frame TGA stop codon 42 bases before the first ATG start site and a 3'-untranslated segment of 1057 bases. The largest open reading frame of 1942 nucleotides predicted a polypeptide of 627 amino acids and a molecular mass of 71.1 kDa. The N-terminus and four internal peptides from the amino acid sequence of pigeon breast muscle CAT were identified in the predicted sequence of the liver cDNA clone. The identity of the CAT cDNA was confirmed by heterologous expression of active recombinant CAT (rCAT) in insect cells using the baculovirus expression system. Western blots of rCAT from infected insect cell lysates and immunodetection with a rabbit anti-CAT polyclonal serum showed an immunoreactive protein band similar in size to native CAT from pigeon breast muscle. Like the native enzyme, rCAT was capable of acylating carnitine with a preference for small-chain acyl-CoAs of carbon chain lengths C2-C4.
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