title: Molecular cloning, upstream sequence and promoter studies of the human gene for the regulatory subunit RII alpha of cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
abstract: The gene for the regulatory subunit RII alpha of cAMP-dependent protein kinase is highly regulated during spermatogenesis and a strong signal from a distinct short mRNA form is observed postmeiotically during spermatid elongation. This report presents the isolation and characterization of the 5'-flanking region (1.2 kb) and exon 1 of the human RII alpha gene. S1 nuclease mapping and primer extension experiments revealed the presence of a major transcriptional start site located 208 nucleotides upstream of start for translation. The 5'-flanking region of the RII alpha gene did not contain a TATA box and was highly G/C-rich. A basal promoter directing high levels of chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) activity was identified in the 5'-flanking sequence. Several potential binding sites for transcription factors were identified in this region, which may be responsible for the germ cell-specific regulation of this gene. We have previously reported that the human testis RII alpha cDNA contains a region (amino acids 45-75) with little or no homology to the corresponding rat skeletal muscle cDNA (Oyen, O., Myklebust, F., Scott, J.D., Cadd, G.G., McKnight, G.S., Hansson, V. and Jahnsen, T. (1990) Biol. Reprod. 43, 46-54). We examined whether this difference could arise due to organ-specific splice mechanisms or represented a species difference. We show that the low homology region of the human RII alpha cDNA resides entirely within exon 1, and does not originate from a tissue-specific alternate splicing of this distinct region.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Foss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Solberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Myklebust
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hansson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jahnsen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taskén
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D054756:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIalpha Subunit; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013737:Testis / Q000201:enzymology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D054756:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIalpha Subunit; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; C517834:PRKAR1A protein, human; C517836:Prkar1a protein, rat; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases