title: Human CDC23: cDNA cloning, mapping to 5q31, genomic structure, and evaluation as a candidate tumor suppressor gene in myeloid leukemias.
abstract: The transition from metaphase to anaphase and exit from mitosis involve the degradation of active cyclin B-CDC2 complexes by ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis. The anaphase-promoting complex (APC) catalyzes the formation of cyclin B-ubiquitin conjugates, thereby targeting cyclin B for degradation. The APC is composed of eight proteins, including four members of a family characterized by multiple tetratricopeptide repeats (TPR). We mapped two overlapping expressed sequence tag clones within a genomic contig on human chromosome 5, band q31. A search revealed high homology to Saccharomyces cerevisiae CDC23, a TPR protein component of the APC. We have isolated the human CDC23 cDNA containing the full-length predicted open reading frame. The approximately 3.3-kb message is ubiquitously expressed and encodes a protein with 591 amino acids (MW = 68,293 Da) and 9 TPR units. The protein has 30% identity and 51% similarity to the S. cerevisiae protein. The human CDC23 gene contains 16 exons and spans approximately 31 kb. CDC23 maps within the smallest commonly deleted segment in myeloid leukemias characterized by a deletion of 5q; however, we detected no mutations of CDC23 in leukemia cells with loss of 5q. Thus, CDC23 is unlikely to be involved in the pathogenesis of myeloid leukemias characterized by abnormalities of chromosome 5.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fernald
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Eisenbart
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Le Beau
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D064173:Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome; D064196:Apc8 Subunit, Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D043743:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes
chemical_list: D064196:Apc8 Subunit, Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome; C577441:CDC23 protein, S cerevisiae; C577440:CDC23 protein, human; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D043743:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes; D064173:Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome