Publication Date:
1995-12-08
Description:
Pineal serotonin N-acetyltransferase (arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase, or AA-NAT) generates the large circadian rhythm in melatonin, the hormone that coordinates daily and seasonal physiology in some mammals. Complementary DNA encoding ovine AA-NAT was cloned. The abundance of AA-NAT messenger RNA (mRNA) during the day was high in the ovine pineal gland and somewhat lower in retina. AA-NAT mRNA was found unexpectedly in the pituitary gland and in some brain regions. The night-to-day ratio of ovine pineal AA-NAT mRNA is less than 2. In contrast, the ratio exceeds 150 in rats. AA-NAT represents a family within a large superfamily of acetyltransferases.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Coon, S L -- Roseboom, P H -- Baler, R -- Weller, J L -- Namboodiri, M A -- Koonin, E V -- Klein, D C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1995 Dec 8;270(5242):1681-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section on Neuroendocrinology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7502081" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase/*genetics/metabolism
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Brain/metabolism
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Cell Line
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Circadian Rhythm
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*Cloning, Molecular
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DNA, Complementary/genetics
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Pineal Gland/*enzymology/metabolism
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Pituitary Gland/metabolism
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RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism
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Rats
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Retina/metabolism
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Sequence Alignment
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Sheep
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Transfection
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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