title: Identification and chromosome mapping of the mouse homologue of the human gene (DDX6) that encodes a putative RNA helicase of the DEAD box protein family.
abstract: The human DDX6 gene (alias RCK) at chromosome 11 band q23 was identified through the study of the breakpoint of t(11;14)(q23;q32) translocation in a B-cell lymphoma cell line, RC-K8. DDX6 encodes a DEAD box protein/RNA helicase. Positive mouse genomic and cDNA recombinant clones were obtained by screening mouse B-cell genomic and cDNA libraries with a human DDX6 cDNA probe. The deduced amino acid sequence of an open reading frame from a cDNA clone revealed a protein with 92.5% identity to human ddx6/p54. All positive mouse genomic recombinant clones, and cDNA clones containing mouse Ddx6 (previous gene symbol: Rck), were localized by fluorescent in situ hybridization to band B of mouse Chromosome 9, a region showing conserved linkage homology to human chromosome 11 band q23. Mouse Ddx6 was localized to the region between Ncam and D9Mit45 by molecular linkage analysis. A 7.5-kb mRNA and a 54-kDa protein were identified as mouse Ddx6 gene products which are similar in size to products of the human DDX6 gene, as shown by Northern and Western blot analyses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Research, Gifu International Institute of Biotechnology, Japan.
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akao
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009115:Muridae; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D020365:RNA Helicases; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases; C490616:Ddx6 protein, mouse; C094683:DDX6 protein, human; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D020365:RNA Helicases