Isolation and characterization of the human apolipoprotein A-II gene. Electron microscopic analysis of RNA:DNA hybrids, nucleotide sequence, identification of a polymorphic MspI site, and general structural organization of apolipoprotein genes.
Three cloned apolipoprotein A-II genes were isolated from a human genomic cosmid library constructed in our laboratory. An approximately 3-kilobase HindIII insert containing the entire gene was analyzed by RNA:DNA hybridization and electron microscopy. The apo-A-II gene was found to consist of 4 exons and 3 intervening sequences (IVS), and the lengths of each exon and IVS were estimated by direct observation of the hybrids. The entire approximately 3-kilobase HindIII insert was sequenced. The 5' end of the gene was determined by primer extension. The DNA sequence confirms the presence of 4 exons and 3 IVS: exon 1, 34 nucleotides; exon 2, 76 nucleotides; exon 3, 133 nucleotides; exon 4, 230 nucleotides; IVS-I, 169 nucleotides; IVS-II, 299 nucleotides; and IVS-III, 396 nucleotides. A "TATA box" is located at position -29 from the CAP site. A "CAT box" is present at position -78. A "TG" element consisting of (TG)19 is identified at the 3' end of IVS-III. Furthermore, an enhancer core sequence, CTTTCCA, is identified at position -355 in the 5' flanking sequence. At positions -497 to -471 upstream from the CAP site is a stretch of 27 nucleotides that show high homology to stretches of 5' flanking sequences in the apo-C-II, apo-A-I, apo-E, and apo-C-III genes. An Alu dimer sequence is located approximately 300 nucleotides from the 3' end of the gene. Within this Alu sequence, we have identified a polymorphic MspI site. Restriction fragment length polymorphism involving this site has been previously shown to correlate with apo-A-II levels and high density lipoprotein structure. Analysis of conformation by Chou-Fasman analysis and by the helical hydrophobic moment of Eisenberg et al. (Eisenberg, D., Weiss, R. M., and Tergwillager, T. C. (1982). Nature (Lond.) 299, 371-374) indicates that in all of the 5 apolipoproteins characterized at the nucleotide level to date, i.e. apo-C-II, apo-A-II, apo-E, apo-A-I, and apo-C-III, the 2 IVS within the peptide coding regions of the gene tend to occur at regions corresponding to the surface of the polypeptide chain and divide the protein into distinct functional domains.
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D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII; D019003:Deoxyribonuclease HpaII; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII; D019003:Deoxyribonuclease HpaII