Multiple translation initiation factor Sui1 related sequences in mammalian genomes
Multiple translation initiation factor Sui1 related sequences in mammalian genomes
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哺乳动物基因组中多个翻译起始因子Sui1相关序列
作者:
R. Purohit;D. McCormick;J. Dyson
While cloning mouse T cell receptor (TCR) cDNAs from DBA/2 T cell clones by a reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) approach (Casanova et al. 1991), we found one clone isolated to be a partial (355 bp) mouse homolog of the Suil gene. Suil was first isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a genetic screen designed to isolate genes involved in ribosomal recognition of an initiator codon (Castilho-Valavicius et al. 1990). The gene encodes a highly conserved, novel translation initiation factor that interacts with eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (elF2) in the translation initiation complex to register AUG as an initiator codon (Yoon and Donahue 1992). Gene disruption experiments have demonstrated the Suil gene to be essential for cell viability in S. cerevisiae (Yoon and Donahue 1992). The isolated mouse sequence was over 95% homologous to the human SUII consensus sequence (SUIIISO1; Fields and Adams 1994) and was isolated owing to moderate sequence homology with the TCR oligonucleotides used for PCR amplification of cDNA. Since the genomic organization of the human SUII gene has not been described and no other mammalian homolog has been identified, we were interested to investigate Suil gene organization in the mouse genome. Southern blot analysis performed at high stringency with the mouse Suil probe identified multiple bands with all restriction enzymes used; the complexity of the hybridization pattern suggested that multiple Suil-related sequences are present in the mouse genome. To confirm this interpretation and to further define whether the Suil-related sequences are dispersed or reside on a single chromosome, we identified Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs) between the C57BL/6 and DBA/2 inbred mouse strains to enable the BXD recombinant inbred strains (Taylor 1989) to be used for gene mapping. Multiple restriction endonucleases (Kpnl, SacI, Hpal, EcoRI, BarnHl, Taql, and HincII) yielded RFLPs. An example of the BXD RI series digested with the restriction endonuclease Taql is shown in Fig. 1 ; this illustrates the hybridization complexity in the mouse genome: two polymorphisms identified by this enzyme are indicated. Seven RFLPs could be unambiguously typed in all the BXD strains; these yielded four strain distribution patterns (SDPs). Comparison of these SDPs to the BXD database localized copies of Suil-related sequence to mouse Chromosomes (Chrs) 3, 5, 8, and 13 with no recombinants to previously described loci (Table 1). This analysis clearly demonstrates the Suil family to be dispersed on several chromosomes in the mouse genome; the complexity of the hybridization pattern implies that the four mapped members are unlikely to represent the entire family. To ascertain whether Suil is also a sequence family in other mammalian species, a zoo blot was prepared and probed with the mouse Suil probe (Fig. 2). This analysis revealed multiple hybridizing bands in mouse, human, rabbit, opossum, and pig. Suil is thus interred to be a sequence family in these mammalian species;
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
Castilho-Valavicius,B;Yoon,H;Donahue,TF
通讯作者:
Donahue,TF
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
Dietrich,W;Katz,H;Lincoln,SE;Shin,HS;Friedman,J;Dracopoli,NC;Lander,ES
通讯作者:
Lander,ES