title: Human gamma X satellite DNA: an X chromosome specific centromeric DNA sequence.
abstract: The cosmid clone, CX16-2D12, was previously localized to the centromeric region of the human X chromosome and shown to lack human X-specific alpha satellite DNA. A 1.2 kb EcoRI fragment was subcloned from the CX16-2D12 cosmid and was named 2D12/E2. DNA sequencing revealed that this 1,205 bp fragment consisted of approximately five tandemly repeated DNA monomers of 220 bp. DNA sequence homology between the monomers of 2D12/E2 ranged from 72.8% to 78.6%. Interestingly, DNA sequence analysis of the 2D12/E2 clone displayed a change in monomer unit orientation between nucleotide positions 585-586 from a "tail-to-head" arrangement to a "head-to-tail" configuration. This may reflect the existence of at least one inversion within this repetitive DNA array in the centromeric region of the human X chromosome. The DNA consensus sequence derived from a compilation of these 220 bp monomers had approximately 62% DNA sequence similarity to the previously determined gamma 8 satellite DNA consensus sequence. Comparison of the 2D12/E2 and gamma 8 consensus sequences revealed a 20 bp DNA sequence that was well conserved in both DNA consensus sequences. Slot-blot analysis revealed that this repetitive DNA sequence comprises approximately 0.015% of the human genome, similar to that found with gamma 8 satellite DNA. These observations suggest that this satellite DNA clone is derived from a subfamily of gamma satellite DNA and is thus designated gamma X satellite DNA. When genomic DNA from six unrelated males and two unrelated females was cut with SstI or HpaI and separated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, no restriction fragment length polymorphisms were observed for either gamma X (2D12/E2) or gamma 8 (50E4) probes. Fluorescence in situ hybridization localized the 2D12/E2 clone to the lateral sides of the primary constriction specifically on the human X chromosome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta and the University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Jabs
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Court
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002503:Centromere / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D018628:Gene Dosage; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite