Molecular cloning and characterization of human pyruvate dehydrogenase. beta. subunit gene

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.87.15.5594· OSTI ID:6214288

Koike, Kichiko; Urata, Yoshishige; Koike, Masahiko ^[1]

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1. Nagasaki Univ. School of Medicine (Japan)

A genomic clone encompassing the entire gene for the human pyruvate dehydrogenase {beta} subunit (PDH{beta}) has been isolated by screening a leukocyte genomic library with a nick-translated human foreskin fibroblast PDH{beta} cDNA probe. The 18-kilobase clone was characterized by restriction enzyme analysis, extensive DNA sequencing, and primer-extension analysis. The PDH{beta} structural gene is composed of 10 exons and 9 introns. All intron-exon splice junctions follow the GT/AG rule. The Alu family was found in introns 2 and 8. The 5{prime} flanking region of the PDH{beta} gene contains a CAAT consensus promoter sequence but no TATA sequence. Primer-extension analysis indicated the PDH{beta} gene transcription start site is an adenine residue located 132 bases upstream from the initiation codon in exon 1.

• OSTI ID: 6214288
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (USA), Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (USA) Vol. 87:15; ISSN PNASA; ISSN 0027-8424
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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