title: Mouse TCOF1 is expressed widely, has motifs conserved in nucleolar phosphoproteins, and maps to chromosome 18.
abstract: Mutations in the human TCOF1 gene have been identified in patients with Treacher Collins Syndrome (Mandibulofacial Dysostosis), an autosomal dominant condition affecting the craniofacial region. We report the isolation of the entire mouse Tcof1 coding sequence (3960 bp) by performing a computer-based search for mouse cDNA clones homologous to TCOF1 and generating overlapping RT-PCR products from mouse RNA. Tcof1 is a 1320 amino acid protein of 135 kd with 61.4% identity to TCOF1 and displays repeating motifs enriched for serine- and acidic amino acid-rich regions with potential phosphorylation sites and putative nuclear localization signals. Tcof1 maps to the mouse chromosome 18 region syntenic with human chromosome 5q32-->q33 which contains the TCOF1 locus. Northern blot hybridization indicates Tcof1 expression is ubiquitous in adult tissues and in the embryonic stage, is elevated at 11 dpc when the branchial arches and facial swellings are present in mouse. Our results are consistent with TCOF1 mutations leading to the Treacher Collins syndrome phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-3914, USA.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Paznekas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gridley
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Jabs
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C105442:TCOF1 protein, human; C491352:Tcof1 protein, mouse