Linkage and evolutionary relationships of the genes for human clotting factors VII and X
- Vanderbilt Univ. School of Medicine, Nashville, TN (United States); and others
Factors VII and X are structurally similar serine proteases which are involved in blood coagulation. The gene for factor X (F10) has been previously mapped to human chromosome 13q34 by in situ hybridization and DNA linkage analysis, and both F10 and the gene for factor VII (F7) have been mapped to this region by dosage studies in patients with chromosomal aneuploidies. We have determined the genetic distance between F7 and F10 using PCR-based polymorphisms and DNA linkage analysis. The F7 locus lies 6 centiMorgans proximal to F10, and the most likely locus order is D13S123-[D13S107/D13S52]-F7-D13S49-D13S54-F10. F7 and F10 share 52% sequence homology in their coding regions, and their exonic organization is identical to the genes for factor IX and protein C. DNA sequence analysis using the neighbor-joining method confirms the evolution of F7 and F10 from a common ancestral gene, but the analysis suggests that one did not arise directly from the other by tandem duplication on chromosome 13. These data contribute to our knowledge of the evolution of the family of vitamin K-dependent serine proteases, and should prove useful in studying families with inherited deficiencies in factor VII or X.
- OSTI ID:
- 133931
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009-; ISSN 0002-9297; TRN: 95:005313-0665
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue Suppl.3; Conference: 44. annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal (Canada), 18-22 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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