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. 1986 May;38(5):667–680.

Messenger RNA coding for argininosuccinate synthetase in citrullinemia.

K Kobayashi, T Saheki, Y Imamura, T Noda, I Inoue, S Matuo, S Hagihara, H Nomiyama, Y Jinno, K Shimada
PMCID: PMC1684815  PMID: 3459354

Abstract

Messenger RNA coding for argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS), extracted from the livers of some patients with citrullinemia, was analyzed using a cell-free translation system and dot and Northern blot hybridization with cDNA probe for ASS. In patients with quantitative-type citrullinemia, called type II here, previous studies have demonstrated that the hepatic content of the enzyme was about 10% of the control value, whereas the translatable mRNA level for the enzyme was similar to that of control livers. Here, we confirmed that the type II liver contained an almost normal amount of mRNA coding for ASS, judged by the dot-blot hybridization technique with cDNA. Northern blot hybridization of RNA indicated that there was hybridizable mRNA of approximately normal size (about 1.7 kilobase [kb]) in each, suggesting that large structural gene deletions had not occurred. These results indicate that in type II citrullinemia, the decrease in the enzyme protein is due either to increased degradation of the enzyme or to decreased or inhibited translation in the liver. Another type of citrullinemia was found and classified as type III. It is characterized by no detectable enzyme activity for ASS or translation activity for ASS mRNA. However, a smaller amount of RNA molecule hybridized for ASS cDNA was detected.

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