title: The gene for the human architectural transcription factor HMGI-C consists of five exons each coding for a distinct functional element.
abstract: The gene on chromosome 12 coding for the human protein HMGI-C has been cloned and partially sequenced. It consists of five exons, the first and last of which include long untranslated regions. The 5' UTR includes a (CA/T)n tract and a polymorphic (CT)n tract. Exons II, III and IV (87, 51 and 33 bp) are dispersed over > 30 kb. Exons I-III separately encode the three basic DNA binding domains ('A-T hooks'), exon IV encodes an 11 amino acid sequence characteristic of HMGI-C and absent from the human HMGI(Y) gene [Friedmann, M., Holth, L. T., Zoghbi, H. Y. and Reeves, R. (1993) Nucleic Acids Res., 21, 4259-4267], whilst exon V encodes the acidic C-terminal domain, which is subject to multiple phosphorylation. The HMGI-C gene is thus a striking example of the separation of functional protein elements into different coding exons.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Laboratories, University of Portsmouth, UK.
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Chau
authors.forename: U A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crane-Robinson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D005091:Exons; D015698:Genomic Library; D025743:HMGA2 Protein; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D025743:HMGA2 Protein; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors