The glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei: Molecular cloning, characterization and expression during hypoxia.
Mar Environ Res
; 138: 65-75, 2018 Jul.
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Some marine crustaceans like the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei are tolerant to environmental hypoxia. Under oxygen deprivation, shrimp tissues obtain energy by enhancing anaerobic glycolysis. In mammals, hypoxia increases the expression of the glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), which has been shown a "moonlighting" role in cells. However, the effect of hypoxia on the GAPDH expression has not been studied in crustaceans. In the present work, we obtained a 2744 bp gene sequence with a 999 bp ORF split by a single intron. The deduced protein is 332 amino acids and corresponds to the L. vannamei GAPDH (LvGAPDH), which is highly similar in sequence and structure to other animal GAPDHs. During hypoxia, LvGAPDH expression is significantly induced in gills but not in hepatopancreas, suggesting that it may play a role in the molecular and cellular response of shrimp to hypoxia.
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Penaeidae
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Gliceraldeído-3-Fosfato Desidrogenases
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Animals
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En
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Mar Environ Res
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BIOLOGIA
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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TOXICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article
País de afiliação:
México
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Reino Unido