title: A new zinc ribbon gene (ZNRD1) is cloned from the human MHC class I region.
abstract: Eleven unique cDNA fragments were identified from YAC B30H3, which spans 330 kb in the human major histocompatibility complex class I region. One fragment (CAT80) was mapped 80 kb telomeric to the HLA-A locus. Using this cDNA fragment as probe, Northern analysis reveals a ubiquitously expressed transcript of about 850 nt in all 16 tissues tested. Based on the cDNA fragment sequence, a full-length cDNA of 858 bp that contains an open reading frame of 378 bp was cloned. Within the putative polypeptide of 126 amino acids, two zinc-ribbon domains were identified: Cx2Cx15Cx2C at the N-terminal and Cx2Cx24Cx2C at the C-terminal. The C-terminal domain is well conserved throughout evolution, including archaea, yeast, Drosophila, nematodes, amphibians, and mammals. The conserved amino acid sequence, CxRCx6Yx3QxRSADEx2TxFxCx2C, is highly homologous to the yeast RNA polymerase A subunit 9 and transcription-associated proteins. Alignment with genomic DNA demonstrates that this gene spans 3.6 kb and consists of four exons and three introns. Cross-species Northern analysis reveals a mouse homolog of a similar size and with an expression profile similar to those of the human gene. We have named this gene ZNRD1 for zinc ribbon domain-containing 1 protein.
authors.affiliation: Gene Logic Inc., 708 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, USA. wfan@genelogic.com
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kyzysztof
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prange
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lennon
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons; D005805:Genes, MHC Class I; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C406241:POLR1H protein, human