title: Molecular cloning of a cDNA and chromosomal localization of a human theta-class glutathione S-transferase gene (GSTT2) to chromosome 22.
abstract: Until recently the Theta-class glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) were largely overlooked due to their low activity with the model substrate 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) and their failure to bind to immobilized glutathione affinity matrices. Little is known about the number of genes in this class. Recently, Pemble et al. (Biochem J. 300: 271-276, 1994) reported the cDNA cloning of a human Theta-class GST, termed GSTT1. In this study, we describe the molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding a second human Theta-class GST (GSTT2) from a lambda gt11 human liver 5'-stretch cDNA library. The encoded protein contains 244 amino acids and has 78.3% sequence identity with the rat subunit 12 and only 55.0% identity with human GSTT1. GSTT2 has been mapped to chromosome 22 by somatic cell hybrid analysis. The precise position of the gene was localized to subband 22q11.2 by in situ hybridization. The absence of other regions of hybridization suggests that there are no closely related sequences (e.g., reverse transcribed pseudogenes) scattered throughout the genome and that if there are closely related genes, they must be clustered near GSTT2. Southern blot analysis of human DNA digested with BamHI shows that the size of the GSTT2 gene is relatively small, as the coding sequence falls within a 3.6-kb BamHI fragment.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Board
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene / Q000378:metabolism; D005796:Genes; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004137:Dinitrochlorobenzene; D007527:Isoenzymes; C491107:GSTT2 protein, human; C413545:glutathione S-transferase T1; D005982:Glutathione Transferase