Isolation and characterization of the HC8 subunit gene of the human proteasome.
For study of the molecular basis of regulation of proteasome gene expression, we isolated the gene encoding the alpha-type HC8 subunit of the human proteasome. About 2.3 kb of the 5' flanking region of this gene was tested for promoter function by chloramphenicol acetyltransferase assay. This analysis revealed that CAAT and TATA boxes, but not a GC box, are essential for its promoter activity. These results differed from previous findings that the genes for the alpha-type HC3 and beta-type HC5 subunits of the human proteasome have a TATA-less promoter and that two or three GC boxes function as the promoter sequences (Tamura, T. et al. (1994) J. Mol. Biol. 244, 1117-1124). We mapped the HC8 gene at q23 on human chromosome 14, which differs from the chromosomal locations of nine other proteasomal subunit genes mapped so far.
Akioka
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Institute for Enzyme Research, Tokushima University, Japan.
Forsberg
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Ishida
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Okumura
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Nogami
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Taguchi
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Noda
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Tanaka
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D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015698:Genomic Library; D006367:HeLa Cells; D015186:Hominidae / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016385:TATA Box; D014162:Transfection
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex