title: Structural organization of the rat cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV gene.
abstract: We have isolated two overlapping clones covering the entire length of the gene of nuclear-encoded sub-unit IV of cytochrome c oxidase (COXIV) from a rat genomic library in Charon 4A and determined the structural organization of the gene. The gene spans approximately 7.0 kilobases and contains five exons interrupted by four introns. Of these exons, exon 2 codes for a whole length of the presequence of the rat COXIV precursor protein, while exons 3 to 5 encode three distinct structural domains of the mature protein. The 5'-flanking region of the gene lacks conventional TATA and CAAT boxes, but has a high G + C content and contains two putative binding sites for transcription factor SP1 and a sequence resembling the AP-4 responsive element. These results indicate that the promoter region of the rat COXIV gene possesses characteristic features common in housekeeping genes. The chloramphenicol acetyltransferase assay performed by constructing an improved phagemid, pBlueCAT3, revealed that a 773-base pair DNA fragment immediately preceding the cap site has a strong promoter activity. An octanucleotide sequence, -TTCTTGGT-, which is very close to the yeast HAP2/HAP3 responsive element, is located in the 5'-upstream region of the present gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amuro
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okazaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D015723:Gene Library; D005796:Genes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV