title: Primary sequence of the human, lysine-rich, ribosomal protein RPL38 and detection of an unusual RPL38 processed pseudogene in the promoter region of the type-1 angiotensin II receptor gene.
abstract: We have isolated a cDNA clone encoding the human ribosomal protein L38 (HSRPL38). The longest ORF of the cDNA predicts a lysine-rich small polypeptide identical to the rat RPL38 protein (100% identity), and sharing a 84% of identity to the tomato RPL38 protein sequence. Northern blot analysis of a number of epithelial cell lines showed that the HSRPL38 is encoded by a mRNA ubiquitously expressed. Southern blot analysis of human genomic DNA suggested that the RPL38 does not constitute a multigene family but it is encoded by a reduced set of active genes, among which we have also found a RPL38 processed pseudogene located in the promoter region of the human type-1 angiotensin II receptor gene. This RPL38 pseudogene is very unusual among processed pseudogenes in that the poly A tail and the entire 5'-UTR of the original RPL38 mRNA were deleted during the retrotransposition process.
authors.affiliation: UBCM - Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nicolas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabre
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Navarro
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011544:Pseudogenes; D051381:Rats; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000235:genetics*; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C484067:RPL38 protein, rat; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C068468:RPL38 protein, human