title: Functional analysis of the human MCL-1 gene.
abstract: We have isolated a 6.5-kb human genomic fragment that encodes the MCL-1 gene. Comparison of the coding region with the published full-length cDNA reveals that the gene contains three exons and two introns, and that our clone contains 370 bp of the 3'-untranslated region. We have mapped a major transcriptional start site to 80 residues upstream of the translation initiation codon. Reporter gene assays indicate that regulatory sequences responsible for phorbol ester (PMA)-stimulated activity and granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-stimulated activity were located within the first 294 bp of the 5'-flanking region upstream from the transcription start site. A deletion mutant was generated that lacked 47 bp between residues --215 and -- 168: in this mutant, six out of seven GGCCCC repeats and two GCTCA repeats were deleted. Serum-stimulated and GM-CSF-stimulated reporter activity were greatly decreased in this deletion mutant and PMA-stimulated activity was slightly decreased. While the coding and 3'-untranslated regions of the human and mouse genes have significant sequence similarity, there was very little sequence similarity in the 5'-flanking regions of the genes from these two species. Nevertheless, some consensus sequences for a number of transcription-factor-binding sites were detected in the two genes, indicating that transcription may be regulated by similar signalling pathways in these different species.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akgul
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005091:Exons; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D064549:Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics*; D020218:Response Elements; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D020298:U937 Cells
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C579094:Mcl1 protein, mouse; D064549:Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate