Cloning and Tissue Expression of 6-Pyruvoyl Tetrahydropterin Synthase and Xanthine Dehydrogenase from Poecilia reticulata

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 568-578

  Ben, Jin ^a   Lim, Tit Meng ^a   Phang, Violet P E ^a   Chan, Woon Khiong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

6 pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase; Color; Guppy; Pigmentation; Pteridines; Xanthine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

6 PYRUVOYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN SYNTHASE; 6-PYRUVOYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYASE; PRIMER DNA; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMATOPHORES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PHYLOGENY; POECILIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PAGRUS MAJOR; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 1642441798     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-002-0121-y     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. 2-dependent type. Amino acid sequence of rat liver xanthine dehydrogenase and identification of the cleavage sites of the enzyme protein during irreversible conversion by trypsin. J Biol Chem 265:14170-14175.
2. Bagnara, J.T., and Hadley, M.E. (1973). The nature of pigmentation. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall Press, pp 4-45.
3. Blau, N., de Klerk, J.B., Thony, B., Heizmann, C.W., Kierat, L., Smeitink, J.A., and Duran, M. (1996). Tetrahydrobiopterin loading test in xanthine dehydrogenase and molybdenum cofactor deficiencies. Biochem Mol Med 58:199-203.
4. Chan, S.Y., and Phang, V.P.E. (1990). Pigment patterns in six color varieties of the platy, Xiphophorus maculatus. In: The Second Asian Fisheries Forum, Hirano, R., and Hanyu, I. (Eds.). Manila, Philippines: Asian Fisheries Society, pp 483-489.
5. Fox, D.L. (1976). Animal Biochromes and Structural Colors, 2nd ed. Berkeley University of California Press.
6. Guyader, S.L., and Jesuthasan, S. (2002). Analysis of xanthophore and peterinosome biogenesis in zebrafish using methylene blue and pteridine autofluorescence. Pigm Cell Res 15:27-31.
7. Hama, T. (1975). Chromatophores and iridocytes. In: Medaka (Killifish): Biology and Strains, Yamamoto, T. (Eds.). Tokyo, Japan: Keigaku Pub. Co., pp 138-153.
8. Harada, T., Kagamiyama, H., and Hatakeyama, K. (1993). Feedback regulation mechanisms for the control of GTP cyclohydrolase I activity. Science 260:1507-1510.
9. Hatakeyama, K., Harada, T., and Kagamiyama, H. (1992). IMP dehydrogenase inhibitors reduce intracellular tetrahydrobiopterin levels through reduction of intracellular GTP levels: indications of the regulation of GTP cyclohydrolase I activity by restriction of GTP availability in the cells. J Biol Chem 267:20734-20739.
10. Hauer, C.R., Leimbacher, W., Hunziker, P., Neuheiser, F., Blau, N., and Heizmann, C.W. (1992). 6-Pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase from salmon liver: amino acid sequence analysis by tandem mass spectrometry. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 182:953-959.
11. Henze, M., Rempeters, G., and Anders, F. (1977). Pteridines in the skin of xiphohorine fish (Poeciliidae). Comp Biochem Physiol B 56:35-46.
12. Hille, R., and Nishino, T. (1995). Xanthine oxidase and xanthine dehydrogenase. FASEB J 9:995-1103.
13. Hirayama, K., and Kapatos, G. (1995). Expression and regulation of rat 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase mRNA. Neurochem Int 26:601-606.
14. Houde, A.E. (1997). Choosy females and competing males: mechanisms of sexual selection. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, pp 45-79.
15. Khoo, G., Phang, V.P.E., and Lim, T.M. (1992). The confocal laser scanning microscope as a tool for studying xanthophores of the swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri). Zool Sci 9:665-669.
16. Khoo, G., Lim, T.M., Chan, W.K., and Phang, V.P.E. (1999a). The genetic basis of the variegated tail pattern in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata. Zool Sci 16:431-437.
17. Khoo, G., Lim, T.M., Chan, W.K., and Phang, V.P.E. (1999b). Sex-linkage of the black caudal-peduncle and red tail genes in the tuxedo strain of the guppy, Poecilia reticulata. Zool Sci 16:629-638.
18. Khoo, G., Lim, T.M., Chan, W.K., and Phang, V.P.E. (1999c). Linkage analysis and mapping of three sex-linked color pattern genes in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata. Zool Sci 16:893-903.
19. Khoo, G., Lim, M.H., Haridas, S., Gan, D.K.Y., Lim, K.F., Chen, F., Chan, W.K., Lim, T.M., and Phang, V.P.E. (2003). Genetic linkage maps of the guppy (Poecilia reticulata): assignment of RAPD markers to multipoint linkage groups. Mar Biotechnol (in press).
20. Lister, J.A., Robertson, C.P., Lepage, T., Johnson, S.L., and Raible, D.W. (1999). Nacre encodes a zebrafish microphthalmia-related protein that regulates neural-crest-derived pigment cell fate. Development 126:3757-3767.
21. Masada, M., Matsumoto, J., and Akino, M. (1990). Biosynthetic pathways of pteridines and their association with phenotypic expression in vitro in normal and neoplastic pigment cells from goldfish. Pigm Cell Res 3:61-70.
22. Matsumoto, J. (1965). Role of pteridines in the pigmentation of chromatophores in cyprinid fish. Jpn J Zool 14:45-94.
23. Nakagoshi, M., Takikawa, S., Negishi, S., and Tsusue, M. (1992). Pteridines in the yellow-colored chromatophores of isopod, Armadillidium vulgare. Biol Chem Hoppe Seyler 373:1249-1254.
24. Needham, A.E. (1974). The Significance of zoochromes. Berlin, Germany: Springer.
25. Nishino, T., and Nishino, T. (1987). Evidence for the existence of a tyrosyl residue in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide binding site of chicken liver xanthine dehydrogenase. Biochemistry 26:3068-3072.
26. Nishino, T., and Nishino, T. (1989). The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-binding site of chicken liver xanthine dehydrogenase. J Biol Chem 264:5468-5473.
27. Oliphant, L.W., and Hudon, J. (1993). Pteridines as reflecting pigments and components of reflecting organelles in vertebrates. Pigm Cell Res 6:205-208.
28. Parks, D.A., and Granger, N.D. (1986). Xanthine oxidase: biochemistry, distribution and physiology. Acta Physiol Scand Suppl 548:87-99.
29. Phang, V.P.E., Chow, O.K., and Fernando, A.A. (1985). Genetic analysis of scale chromatophores of two domesticated varieties of guppy, Poecilia reticulata. J Sing Nat Acad Sci 14:1-5.
30. Phang, V.P.E., Ng, L.N., and Fernando, A.A. (1989). Inheritance of snakeskin color pattern in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata. J Hered 80:393-399.
31. Reaume, A.G., Knecht, D.A., and Chovnick, A. (1991). The rosy locus in Drosophila melanogaster: xanthine dehydrogenase and eye pigments. Genetics 129:1099-1109.
32. Sato, A., Nishino, T., Noda, K., Amaya, Y., and Nishino, T. (1995). The structure of chicken liver xanthine dehydrogenase. J Biol Chem 270:2818-2826.
33. Schallreuter, K.U., Wood, J.M., Pittelkow, M.R., Gutlich, M., Lemke, K.R., Rodl, W., Swanson, N.N., Hitzemann, K., and Ziegler, I. (1994a). Regulation of melanin biosynthesis in human epidermis by tetrahydrobiopterin. Science 263:1444-1446.
34. Schallreuter, K.U., Buttner, G., Pittelkow, M.R., Wood, J.M., Swanson, N.N., and Korner, C. (1994b). Cytotoxicity of 6-biopterin to human melanocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 204:43-48.
35. Schiedt, K. (1980). New aspects of carotenoid metabolism in animals. In: Carotenoids: Chemistry and Biology, Krinsky, N.I., Mathews-Roth, M.M., and Taylor, R.F. (Eds.). New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, pp 247-268.
36. Schopfer, L.M., Massev, V., and Nishino, T. (1988). Rapid reaction studies on the reduction and oxidation of chicken liver xanthine dehydrogenase by the xanthine/urate and NAD/NADH couples. J Biol Chem 263:13528-13538.
37. Swofford, D.L. (2002). PAUP: Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony, Version 4.0b10. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer.
38. Terao, M., Kurosaki, M., Zanotta, S., and Garattini, E. (1997). The xanthine oxidoreductase gene: structure and regulation. Biochem Soc Trans 25:791-796.
39. Thoenes, U., Flores, O.L., Neves, A., Devreese, B., Van Beeumen, J.J.V., Huber, R., Romao, R.J., Legall, J., Moura, J.J.G., and Rodrigues-Pousada, C. (1994). Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the gene of the molybdenum-containing aldehyde oxidoreductase of Desulfovibrio gigas. Eur J Biochem 220:901-910.
40. Thony, B., Auerbach, G., and Blau, N. (2000). Tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis, regeneration and functions. Biochem J 341: 1-16.
41. Thorsteinsdottir, S., and Frost, S.K. (1986). Pigment cell differentiation: the relationship between pterin content, allopurinol treatment, and the melanoid gene in axolotls. Cell Differ 19:161-172.
42. Werner, E.R., Werner-Felmayer, G., Fuchs, D., Hausen, A., Reibnegger, G., Yim, J.J., Pfleiderer, W., and Wachter, H. (1990). Tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthetic activities in human macrophages, fibroblasts, THP-1, and T 24 cells. GTP-cyclohydrolase I is stimulated by interferon-gamma, and 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase and sepiapterin reductase are constitutively present. J Biol Chem 265:3189-3192.
43. Xu, P., Huecksteadt, T.P., Harrison, R., and Hoidal, J.R. (1994). Molecular cloning, tissue expression of human xanthine dehydrogenase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 199:998-1004.
44. Yasukochi, Y., Kanda, T., and Tamura, T. (1998). Cloning of two Bombyx homologues of the Drosophila rosy gene and their relationship to larval translucent skin color mutants. Genet Res Camb 71:11-19.
45. Ziegler, I., McDonaldo, T., Hesslinger, C., Pelletier, I., and Boyle, P. (2000). Development of the pteridine pathway in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. J Biol Chem 275:18926-18932.