title: Molecular cloning and characterization of the human mitochondrial 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase gene (DECR).
abstract: 2,4-Dienoyl-CoA reductase (EC 1.3.1.34) is an auxiliary enzyme of beta-oxidation, and it participates in the metabolism of unsaturated fatty enoyl-CoA esters having double bonds in both even- and odd-numbered positions. In this article we describe the molecular cloning of the human gene for the 120-kDa isoform of mitochondrial 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (DECR). The gene is approximately 30 kb and comprises 10 exons varying in size from 79 to 203 bp and 9 introns whose sizes vary from 95 bp to about 10 kb. The 5' UTR and 3' UTR are included in exons 1 and 10, respectively. The promoter region contains putative binding sites for several transcription factors, e.g., Sp1, AP-2, AP-4, and C/EBP, but no TATA box was found. Primer extension analysis and 5' RACE-PCR revealed variability in the length of the 5'-UTR, the longest being 72 bp. Through the use of FISH analysis on metaphase chromosomes with a genomic fragment of 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase, the gene was assigned to the chromosomal band 8q21.3.
authors.affiliation: Biocenter Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Helander
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Koivuranta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horelli-Kuitunen
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Palvimo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palotie
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hiltunen
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; C100153:2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase