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Alternative transcription and splicing of the human porphobilinogen deaminase gene

Journal Article · · Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.1.6· OSTI ID:6470085

Porphobilinogen deaminase is a cytosolic enzyme involved in the heme biosynthetic pathway. Two isoforms of PBGD, encoded by two mRNAs differing solely in their 5' end, are known: one is found in all cells and the other is present only in erythroid cells. The authors have previously shown that the human PBGD is encoded by a single gene and have now cloned and characterized this gene, which is split into 15 exons spread over 10 kilobases of DNA. They demonstrate that the two mRNAs arise from two overlapping transcription units. The first one (upstream) is active in all tissues and its promoter has some of the structural features of a housekeeping promoter; the second, located 3 kilobases downstream, is active only in erythroid cells and its promoter displays structural homologies with the ..beta..-globin gene promoters.

Research Organization:
Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil (France)
OSTI ID:
6470085
Journal Information:
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States), Journal Name: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States) Vol. 85:1; ISSN PNASA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English