title: Promoter of the gene encoding the bovine catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase isoform C beta 2.
abstract: Genomic sequences flanking the 5' end of the cDNA encoding isoform C beta 2 of the catalytic subunit of bovine cAMP-dependent protein kinase were cloned, sequenced and analyzed for promoter activity and transcription initiation sites. A region of 913 bp upstream the translation initiator ATG was amplified from genomic DNA by vectorette polymerase chain reaction. In primer extension reactions and RNase protection assays, residues C (at position -91), T (-71) and G (-70) were found to serve as transcription initiation sites of the gene. Amplification products and sub-fragments thereof were ligated upstream of the reporter gene chloramphenicol acetyltransferase to test for promoter activity. Constructs were transiently transfected into a Chinese hamster ovary cell line which was shown to express endogenous C beta 2 mRNA. The genomic sequence upstream the C beta 2 cDNA does have promoter activity. The region from position -51 to -292 proved sufficient to drive efficient transcription of the reporter gene. The promoter is AT rich (68%), does not contain a TATA box within 50 bp upstream of the first initiation site and possesses putative binding sites for several transcription factors such as PEA-3 and a glucocorticoid receptor.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Biochemische Zellphysiologie (0215), Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wiemann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Steuer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kinzel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pyerin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D016466:CHO Cells; D002417:Cattle; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases