title: Cloning, sequencing and characterization of the human alpha glutathione S-transferase gene corresponding to the cDNA clone pGTH2.
abstract: The human Alpha glutathione S-transferase gene corresponding to the human liver cDNA clone pGTH2 was isolated from a cosmid genome library. The gene, represented by the clone cosGTH2, spans nearly 12 kb and contains seven exons. The intron/exon borders conform to the standard rules, and an open reading frame is present, starting at position 67 in exon 2, the double-stop codon being at position 733 in exon 7. Exons 1, 2 and 7 differ in length from the known rat gene coding for the Ya enzyme. A 209 bp 5'-upstream region contains TATA and CAT boxes and, in addition, motifs for Sp1-, NF1- and HNFI-binding factors. Clone cosGTH2 represents the less basic subunit, alpha y, of two Alpha glutathione S-transferase subunits (alpha x and alpha y) expressed in liver, which is identical with the kidney subunit alpha 2.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologische Chemie I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klöne
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hussnätter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sies
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003360:Cosmids; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D005982:Glutathione Transferase