title: Assignment of the human gene for galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase to chromosome 9: studies with Chinese hamster-human somatic cell hybrids.
abstract: Chinese hamster-human somatic cell hybrids were analyzed for the expression of human galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT; UDPglucose:alpha-D-galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.12) by electrophoresis and for the presence of human chromosomes cytogenetically with the aid of Q-banding. Three of the 10 randomly chosen independently derived primary hybrid lines showed the presence of human GALT. Human chromosome 9 was consistently present in the hybrid lines expressing human GALT and consistently absent in the lines not expressing it. Biochemical analysis alone of 11 independently derived hybrid lines showed human GALT to be syntenic with known chromosome 9 markers (soluble aconitase, adenylate kinase 1, and adenylate kinase 3). Previous studies on chromosome assignment of this locus, utilizing somatic cell hybrids, have yielded inconsistent results; one group assigned GALT to chromosome 2, and another assigned it to chromosome 3. However, we believe that, based on our results and other published evidence, the correct assignment of the human GALT locus is to chromosome 9.
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000201:enzymology; D007621:Karyotyping; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D006599:UDPglucose-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; D006599:UDPglucose-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase
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