title: The isolation and characterization of the bovine cytochrome b5 gene, and a transcribed pseudogene.
abstract: This is the first isolation and characterization of a cytochrome b5(b5) gene. The bovine b5 gene is quite large, spanning about 28 kb and contains six exons. One of these exons appears to code for a reticulocyte-specific sequence similar to that described for human and rabbit b5. All of the splicing junctions conform to the GT-AG consensus rule. The 5' flanking sequence has no obvious TATA box, two CAAT boxes, and contains several G:C-rich SpI motifs indicative of a house-keeping gene. In reticulocyte mRNA we found evidence for a transcribed b5 pseudogene, but could not detect sequences coding for the soluble form of b5. We conclude that the soluble form of b5 is derived from the membrane-bound b5 by a post-translational mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown 44272.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cristiano
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Steggles
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D015786:Cytochromes b5 / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D015698:Genomic Library; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011544:Pseudogenes; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012322:RNA Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D015786:Cytochromes b5