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We report the isolation of cDNA clones encoding delta-aminolevulinate synthase (ALA synthase; EC 2.3.1.37), the first enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway in animal cells. The gene was isolated from a chicken erythroid cDNA library prepared in the bacteriophage lambda fusion/expression vector gt11, using rabbit antibody raised against the relatively abundant chicken liver enzyme. The chicken liver and red cell ALA synthase isozymes share substantial crossreactivity to the antibody, thereby allowing isolation of the erythroid-specific gene by using the heterologous antibody in immune screening of the red cell cDNA library. Preliminary analysis documenting the tissue specificity of transcription indicates that the enzyme is encoded by a highly homologous set of messages, which appear to differ in size in various avian tissues. From analysis using strand-specific RNA probes, it appears that the different ALA synthase mRNAs detected may be transcribed from a family of genes that are closely related in nucleotide sequence and are each regulated in a developmentally specific manner.
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