title: Gene structure and expression of the rat cytochrome P450IIC13, a polymorphic, male-specific cytochrome in the P450IIC subfamily.
abstract: The male-specific CYP2C13 gene has been isolated from two independent rat genomic libraries. This gene spans more than 50 kb and contains eight introns which are subject to the GT-AG rule. Two allelic forms of the CYP2C13 gene were identified. Determination of the exonic sequences revealed that one of them encodes cytochrome P450(+g) and the other encodes cytochrome P450(-g). Using allele-specific restriction enzyme sites, a good correlation between the genotype and the phenotype of CYP2C13 was shown. Nucleotide substitutions between the (+g) and the (-g) genes exist not only in the exons but also in the introns and the 5'-flanking region. Although five nucleotide differences were identified within 287 base pairs of the (+g) and (-g) 5'-flanking regions, the transcription initiation sites were identical. In addition to a canonical TATA box located 31 base pairs upstream of the start site of transcription, putative binding sites for the liver-enriched and liver-specific transcription factors HNF1/LF-B1/APF, HNF3, HNF4/AF-1, C/EBP, LAP, and eH-TF/TGT3 and the ubiquitous factors NF-1 and OTF-1 were identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum, Sweden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ström
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Zaphiropoulos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D005796:Genes; D015698:Genomic Library; D007438:Introns; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D004247:DNA; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System