FUNCTIONAL-SIGNIFICANCE AND EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE 5'-TERMINAL REGIONS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE-REGION GENES
FUNCTIONAL-SIGNIFICANCE AND EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE 5'-TERMINAL REGIONS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE-REGION GENES
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(82)90184-2
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
PERRY, RP
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作者:
KELLEY, DE;COLECLOUGH, C;PERRY, RP
The 5''-terminal sequence of the .kappa. L chain gene expressed in MPC11 plasmacytoma cells was definitively determined by analysis of both the .kappa. mRNA and the gene from which is is transcribed. The distance between the cap site and the translation initiation codon is only 3 nucleotides, and in a minor variant only 2 nucleotides, considerably less than that found in other species of nucleus-derived mRNA. S1 nuclease protection experiments with MPC11 nuclear RNA indicate that the cap sites are coincident with the transcriptional start sites, suggesting that the 5''-terminal heterogeneity is caused by imprecision in transcriptional initiation. A comparison of the 5''-terminal structure of the MPC11 V.kappa. gene with that of several other V genes indicates that the length of the 1st exon, which is composed of the 5'' untranslated region and a sequence encoding most of the signal peptide, is highly conserved. Within this set of examples, the 5'' untranslated region varies from 3-33 nucleotides, and the signal-peptide-coding block from 46-76 nucleotides. The analysis has also provided insight into the genetic origins for 2 anomalous properties of the MPC11 L chain.