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Genomic Structure Analyses of Five Kinds of Human Sialyltransferase Gene

5종류의 인간유래 시알산전이효소 유전자들의 게놈구조 분석

  • Kang Nam-Young (Faculty of Biotechnology, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University) ;
  • Kim Sang-Wan (Faculty of Biotechnology, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University) ;
  • Kim Cheorl-Ho (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University) ;
  • Lee Young-Choon (Faculty of Biotechnology, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University)
  • 강남영 (동아대학교 생명자원과학부) ;
  • 김상완 (동아대학교 생명자원과학부) ;
  • 김철호 (동국대학교 한의과대학 생화학 분자생물학교실) ;
  • 이영춘 (동아대학교 생명자원과학부)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

Sialyltransferases cloned so far show the remarkable tissue-specific expression, which is correlated with the existence of cell type-specific sialylated sugar structure in glycoconjugates. In the previous studies, we found various mRNA isoforms of human sialyltransferases generated by alternative splicing and alternative promoter utilization. To understand the regulatory mechanisms for specific expression of human sialyltransferase genes and for production of their mRNA isoforms, in this study, we have isolated and characterized five kinds of human sialyltransferase genes: hST3Gal II, hST8Sia II, hST8Sia III, hST8Sia IV, and hST8Sia V. The hST3Gal II gene is composed of six exons, which span over 17kb, with exons ranging in size from 46 to over 1017 bp. The hST8Sia III gene comprises over 10 kb, and consists of only four exons, which is much smaller and simpler than other human sialyltransferase genes. In contrast, three genes (hST8Sia II, hST8Sia IV and hST8Sia V) span more than 70 kb, and comprise five or more exons. All exon-intron boundaries follow the GT-AG rule. In particular, the sialylmotif L, which is a highly conserved region in all cloned sialyltransferases, was found in one exon of hST8Sia III, whereas this motif is encoded by discrete exons in the other human sialyltransferases. Exon structures of these sialyltransferase genes show the structural diversity, as found in other human sialyltransferase genes reported so far. We determined the transcription start site of hST3Gal II gene by the 5'-RACE and cap site hunting experiments.

인간유래 시알산전이효소 유전자들의 특이적 발현과 그들의 mRNA isoform의 생성에 대한 조절기구를 이해하기 위하여 5종류의 human 시알산전이효소 유전자(hST3Cal II, hST8Sia II, hST8Sia III, hSTS8Sia IV, hST8Sia V)들의 게놈구조를 분석하였다. hST3Gal II 유전자는 17 kb이상의 게놈상에 46 bp에서 1017 bp의 길이를 가진 exon이 6개로 이루어져 있고, hST8Sia III유전자는 10 kb이상의 게놈상에 125bp에서 2023bp의 길이를 가진 exon이 4개로 이루어져 있어 다른 human 시알산전이효소 유전자들보다 짧고 단순한 구조를 가지고 있었다. 반면에 다른 3종류의 유전자(hST8Sia II, hST8Sia IV, hST8Sia V)들은 70 kb이상의 게놈상에 5개이상의 exon으로 이루어져 있으며, 5종류 모두 exon-intron boundary는 GT-AG rule을 나타내고 있었다. 특히 모든 시알산전이효소에 고도로 보존되어 있는 sialylmotif L은 hST8Sia III유전자에서는 하나의 exon에 존재하는 반면에, 다른 시알산전이효소 유전자에서는 분리된 exon에 존재하여 exon의 구조적 다양성을 나타내고 있다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 5'-RACE와 cap site hunting법에 의해 hST3Gal II 유전자의 전사개시점을 결정하였다.

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