title: The murine 2-5A synthetase locus: three distinct transcripts from two linked genes.
abstract: The cloning of cDNAs encoding murine 2-5A synthetase has identified three related transcripts, represented by a previously described cDNA clone, L3 and two novel cDNAs, L1 and L2. L1 contains an open reading frame coding for a protein that shows 70% conservation at the amino acid level when compared to the protein predicted to be encoded by L3. L2 recognizes an IFN-induced transcript 600-bp larger than the L3 transcript. These three cDNAs map to a cosmid, cII, containing two murine 2-5A synthetase genes, ME12 and ME5/ME8, situated in a head-to-tail orientation separated by approximately 8 kb. Southern analyses of ME12 and ME5/ME8 using L3, L1-specific and L2-specific probes indicate that these genes have a similar organization. cII was transiently and stably transfected into CV-1 cells. When treated with interferon, the transfected cells produced mature, murine 2-5A synthetase transcripts identified using L3 and L2-specific probes. Thus all transcripts present in IFN-treated mouse cells which are recognized by the available murine 2-5A synthetase cDNA probes map to an approximately 40 kb region of the mouse genome containing two 2-5A synthetase genes.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Rutherford
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nissim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chebath
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D015088:2',5'-Oligoadenylate Synthetase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D015698:Genomic Library; D007372:Interferons / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D007372:Interferons; D015088:2',5'-Oligoadenylate Synthetase