title: Structure of the human ornithine transcarbamylase gene.
abstract: Complementary and genomic DNA clones corresponding to the human ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) [EC 2.1.3.3]mRNA have been isolated and analyzed. The OTC gene is about 73 kilobase pairs (kb) long and contains 10 exons interrupted by 9 introns of highly variable sizes. The smallest intron is 80 base pairs and the largest, 21.7 kb. The 5'- and 3'-flanking regions, entire exons and all the exon/intron boundaries were sequenced. The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of isolated OTC cDNAs as well as the corresponding regions of the genomic DNA were compared with those of human OTC cDNA (Horwich, A.L., Fenton, W.A., Williams, K.R., Kalousek, F., Kraus, J.P., Doolittle, R.F., Koningsberg, W., & Rosenberg, L.E. (1984) Science 224, 1068-1074). We found 20 nucleotide substitutions among these sequences, of which 6 related to amino acid changes. The nature of these nucleotide substitutions is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Kumamoto University Medical School.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D006801:Humans; D007120:Immunochemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009954:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009954:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes