title: Isolation and functional analysis of the promoter of the rat CMP-NeuAc:GM3 alpha2,8 sialyltransferase gene 1.
abstract: A 2.1-kb 5'-flanking fragment of the rat CMP-NeuAc:GM3 alpha2,8 sialyltransferase (GD3-synthase) gene was cloned by the genomic walking procedure. The promoter activity of the fragment was assessed in F-11 cells by transient transfection and the locations for the basal and maximal promoter activities were defined. Primer extension analysis identified a transcription start site approximately 98 bp upstream of the ATG start codon. DNA sequence analysis of the promoter revealed a number of consensus binding sites for known transcription factors such as SP1, AP1, NFkappaB, C/EBP and TFIID, and a repeat GC-GT sequence motif seen for the formation of Z-type DNA. Both TATA and CCAAT boxes were not found in the promoter. Our results from deletion constructs suggested that both positive and negative cis-acting regulatory regions were present in this TATA-less promoter of the rat GD3-synthase gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. gzeng@hsc.vcu.edu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012799:Sialyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D012799:Sialyltransferases; C043662:alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase