Heterogeneity of the rat NADH-cytochrome-b5-reductase transcripts resulting from multiple alternative first exons
| Autor: | Axel Kahn, Alena Leroux, Jean Claude Kaplan, Luisa Mota Vieira |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Gene isoform
Reticulocytes Molecular Sequence Data Biology Reductase Biochemistry Exon Start codon Gene expression Animals Tissue Distribution RNA Messenger Peptide Chain Initiation Translational Gene Cytochrome Reductases Cytochrome b5 reductase DNA Primers Genetics Base Sequence Alternative splicing Exons Molecular biology Rats Alternative Splicing Gene Expression Regulation Liver Cytochrome-B(5) Reductase |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Biochemistry. 220:729-737 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1033 0014-2956 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18673.x |
| Popis: | In order to understand the mechanisms responsible for the generation of different isoforms (membrane-bound and soluble) of NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase, and the different clinical forms of recessive congenital methemoglobinemia due to the deficiency of this enzyme in humans (type I, without mental retardation; type II, with mental retardation), we have looked for mRNA heterogeneity in various rat tissues. We have found four types of mRNAs, each with a different first exon (1L, 1R, IX and 1Y), all of which were precisely spliced to join the common second exon. Our results are consistent with a 5′3′‘scanning’ mechanism for splice-site selection. The previously characterized 1L and 1R transcripts arise from the alternative use of either a ubiquitous promoter (Pr-L) or an erythroid-specific promoter (Pr-R). In addition, the X and Y RNA species are novel transcripts which are expressed ubiquitously and at a relatively low level. The first alternative exons 1X and 1Y are non-coding, such that the AUG codon present in the common second exon is functional, as it is in the R mRNA. Thus, the X and Y mRNAs are expected to be translated in vivo into a ubiquitous soluble enzyme. Consequently, the rat NADH-cytochrome-b5-reductase gene is expressed through the use of at least four different promoters, which are probably subjected to different forms of regulation. This model of gene expression in rat could be important in understanding the basis for the different types of the NADH-cytochrome-b5-reductase enzyme and their deficiency in man. |
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