title: Sequence of the gamma 2b membrane 3' untranslated region: polya site determination and comparison to the gamma 2a membrane 3' untranslated region.
abstract: We present here the nucleotide sequence of the gamma 2b membrane 3' untranslated region as well as approximately 443 nucleotides of 3' flanking sequence. Although this region contains two potential polyadenylation hexanucleotides AATAAA (located 1328 and 1407 nucleotides downstream of the last membrane exon), it appears that only the first site directs polyadenylation of the mature mRNA. The first AATAAA is followed by several sequences which may influence its relative strength: the region downstream of this AATAAA is 44% T-rich and contains a pair of CAYTG sequences (4/5 match) which overlap two sequences which have a 6/8 match to the sequence YGTGTTYY. These sequences have been found in proximity to a large number of 3' ends [Gil and Proudfoot, Cell 49, 399-406 (1987); McLauchlan et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 13, 1347-1368. (1985); Berget, Nature 309, 179-182 (1984)]. The AATAAA site at position 1407 is not flanked by a T- or GT-rich sequence and is followed by a single CAYTG sequence (4/5 match) and a single YGTGTTYY sequence (6/8 match). The region downstream of the second AATAAA site also contains a sequence which has an 8/12 match with a sequence found in all heavy chain secreted 3' untranslated regions [Kobrin et al., Molec. Cell. Biol. 6, 1687-1697 (1986)]. Consistent with sequence comparisons between other regions of these two genes, the gamma 2b sequence has striking homology with the gamma 2a 3' untranslated region. A notable difference between gamma 2b and gamma 2a is the absence of an extensive array of GAA, GA, GGAA, and GGA repeats from the gamma 2b sequence. The GA repeats are postulated to form a stem loop structure in the gamma 2a 3' untranslated region; gamma 2b then would be missing the 5' half of the stem. Interestingly, neither the gamma 2b nor the gamma 2a 3' untranslated regions show large homologies to the mu, delta, gamma 3, or the alpha membrane 3' untranslated regions.
authors.affiliation: Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D011061:Poly A