菅野 仁
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine Position Professor (Fixed Term) |
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Article types | Original article |
Language | English |
Peer review | Peer reviewed |
Title | Structural analysis of human pyruvate kinase L-gene and identification of the promoter activity in erythroid cells. |
Journal | Formal name:Biochemical and biophysical research communications Abbreviation:Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN code:0006-291X(Print)0006-291X(Linking) |
Volume, Issue, Page | 188(2),pp.516-23 |
Author and coauthor | Kanno H, Fujii H, Miwa S |
Publication date | 1992/10 |
Summary | The human pyruvate kinase (PK) L-gene is organized in 12 exons over 9.5 kilobases, and the first and second exons are specifically transcribed to the R- and L-type PK mRNA. The 5'-flanking region upstream the first exon has two CAC boxes and four GATA motifs within 250 bp from the translational initiation codon. Comparison with the rat L-gene revealed four well-conserved elements in the region. The transient transfection demonstrated that the 270-bp upstream region was a powerful promoter in K562 cells, whereas deletion of the distal 150-bp sequences, which included three GATA motifs, resulted in drastic reduction of the activity. When the hypersensitive site 2 of the human beta-globin gene locus was joined to the promoter, the activity of the proximal 120-bp region was enhanced. We concluded that the proximal 120-bp region had a basal promoter activity and that the distal 150-bp region acted as an enhancer in erythroid cells. |
Document No. | 1445295 |