title: Isolation, cDNA, and genomic structure of a conserved gene (NOF) at chromosome 11q13 next to FAU and oriented in the opposite transcriptional orientation.
abstract: In our effort to characterize a gene at chromosome 11q13 involved in a t(11;17)(q13;q21) translocation in B-non-Hodgkin lymphoma, we have identified a novel human gene, NOF (Neighbour of FAU). It maps right next to FAU in a head to head configuration separated by a maximum of 146 nucleotides. cDNA clones representing NOF hybridized to a 2. 2-kb mRNA present in all tissues tested. The largest open reading frame appeared to contain 166 amino acids and is proline rich, and the sequence shows no homology with any known gene in the public databases. The NOF gene consists of 4 exons and 3 introns spanning approximately 5 kb, and the boundaries between exons and introns follow the GT/AG rule. The NOF locus is conserved during evolution, with the predicted protein having over 80% identity to three translated mouse and rat ESTs of unknown function. Moreover, the mouse ESTs map in the same organization, closely linked to the FAU gene, in the mouse genome. NOF, however, is not affected by the t(11;17)(q13;q21) chromosomal translocation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Molecular Oncology, Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven & Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Herestraat 49, Leuven, B-3000, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lemahieu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meyen
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Van de Ven
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merregaert
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C489668:Fau protein, mouse; C100930:MRPL49 protein, human; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C076845:FAU protein, human