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  • Title: Deiodinase type III in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri.
    Author: Sutija M, Longhurst TJ, Joss JM.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 2004 Apr; 136(2):152-61. PubMed ID: 15028518.
    Abstract:
    This work presents characterisation of deiodinase type III (D3) mRNA as cDNA and the tissue distribution of D3 mRNA in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri. We have identified the full length of a approximately 1.4 kb D3 mRNA in the liver, which has a single in-frame UGA codon and a selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) form 2 in the 3'-UTR. Lungfish D3 mRNA was expressed in all tested tissues (liver, lung, kidney, brain, heart, and gills) as demonstrated by Northern blot analyses. PCR conducted on genomic DNA indicated that the lungfish D3 is a single exon gene. Also, we present enzymatic characteristics of this exclusively IRD enzyme, have determined its substrate preference, DTT cofactor requirements, PTU inhibition, and kinetic properties. These results indicate that lungfish D3 has the typical enzymatic characteristics of vertebrate D3 enzymes.
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