title: Sequence analysis of the 5'-flanking region of the gene encoding human HOXA-7.
abstract: We have isolated and characterized the immediate 5'-flanking region (886 bp) of the gene encoding human HOXA-7. When the total sequence was compared with those of mice, 93% of the 3' 518 bp (nt 370-886) sequences were identical, in which the 245 bases just preceding the AUG initiator codon (nt 614) was as highly conserved as in the coding region (nt 614-886). Sequences further upstream (nt 1-370) by comparison were highly diverged. In the 245 bp region, 8 stop and 3 initiation (including the initiator) codons were located, and a 50-aa long presumptive polypeptide was encoded. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed three Sp1 and one AP2 binding sites, as well as one CAAT box. However, there was no consensus sequence for a TATA box in the 5' flanking region. One RARE repeat, one krox20 and three Hox-PBC binding sites were detected. Since many of the factor recognition sites were located in the immediate 5' flanking sequences of a highly-conserved region, it might be speculated that a regulatory mechanism for Hox gene expression is conserved throughout the evolution and one possible mechanism could be at the post-translational level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; C115962:HOXA7 protein, human; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; C492047:Hoxa7 protein, mouse; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins